Byzantine Green Glass Jug - GF.0028 Origin: Bethlehem Circa: 400
AD
to 700
AD Dimensions:4.75" (12.1cm) high Catalogue: V1 Collection: Byzantine Art Style: Byzantine Medium: Glass
Additional Information: SOLD Location: United States
We know nothing about the people who
held this
lovely vessel when it was new except
that they
followed the Christian faith. No doubt
the jug
was used in church ritual; perhaps it
held wine
or anointing oil. From these few clues,
however,
we are able to imagine almost an entire
world,
vastly different from our own and yet
linked to
the present by an unbroken chain of
human
hopes and dreams.
- (GF.0028)