Pitcher

Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

4th-3rd century BCE

Eastern Mediterranean

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Arts of the Ancient Mediterranean and Byzantium

Culture: Ancient Greek
Title: Pitcher
Place: Egypt (Object made in)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 400 BCE–201 BCE
Medium: Glass, core-formed technique
Dimensions: 9.5 × 6 × 6 cm (3 3/4 × 2 3/8 × 2 3/8 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Reference Number: 1942.627
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Wanda Odell, “Ancient Glass: The Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, Gallery 5A, The Art Institute of Chicago,” 1940, unpublished catalogue in curatorial object file, Art Institute of Chicago.

Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Glass, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, June 28, 1940 –January 1, 1941.

Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, by 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1942.

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