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Byzantine Terracotta Juglet - PF.1542
Origin: Bethlehem, Israel
Circa: 400
AD
to 600
AD
Dimensions:
4" (10.2cm) high
x 2.75" (7.0cm) wide
Collection: Byzantine
Medium: Terracotta
Additional Information: SOLD
Location: United States
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In the early flowering of the Byzantine Empire,
this charming vessel may have contained
fragrant oils or perfumes. It was perhaps offered
as a votive at one of the numerous Christian
shrines in the Holy Land. 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 the 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.1542)
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