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Byzantine Terracotta Juglet - PF.1574
Origin: Jerusalem, Israel
Circa: 300
AD
to 500
AD
Dimensions:
4.75" (12.1cm) high
x 3.75" (9.5cm) wide
Collection: Byzantine Art
Style: Late Roman/Byzantine Period
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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The sunset of the Classical world marked the
dawn of the Christian era. In that period, this
elegant vessel may have held oil or wine,
perhaps a votive offering of milk or honey left at
a temple or church. As we hold it in our hands
today, admiring its simple beauty, we are aware
of the touch of other hands long ago. Who might
have held it when it was new? Were the dreams
and emotions that guided their lives so very
different from our own? The vessel's graceful
unadorned shape appeals as much to the
contemporary eye as it did to he culture that
created it. Such artifacts, ordinary enough in
their own age, connect us in an intimate way with
the world of the past. In its presence, we cross
the bridge of time and set the imagination on a
journey of discovery.
- (PF.1574)
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