id:			160974
accession number:	1999.230
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.230
updated:		2024-07-11 11:12:32.319000

Pilgrim's Flask with Saint Menas, 400–600 CE. Egypt, Coptic period. Terracotta; overall: 10.2 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm (4 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman 1999.230

title:				Pilgrim's Flask with Saint Menas
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creation date:			400–600 CE
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		600
current location:		003 Special Exhibition Hall
creditline:			Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman
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culture:	Egypt, Coptic period
technique:	terracotta
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 10.2 x 6.6 x 2.3 cm (4 x 2 5/8 x 7/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art
	opening date:   2007-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art</i>. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Art Museum, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

	title:		Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe
	opening date:   2010-10-17T00:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics, and Devotion in Medieval Europe</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 17, 2010-January 17, 2011); The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD (February 13-May 15, 2011).

	title:		Africa & Byzantium
	opening date:   2023-11-13T05:00:00
	<i>Africa & Byzantium</i>. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (organizer) (November 14, 2023-March 3, 2024); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (co-organizer) (April 14-July 21, 2024).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Bavarian Nationalmuseum, Munich (5/10/2007 - 9/16/2007), the J. Paul Getty Musuem, Los Angeles (10/30/2007 - 1/20/2008) and Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (2/13/2009 - 6/7/2009): "Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art"', 'opening_date': '2007-05-10T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'CMA, October 17, 2010 - January 17, 2011, Walters Art Museum February 13 - May 15, 2011: "Treasures of Heaven: Saints, Relics and Devotion in Medieval Europe," cat. no. 22.', 'opening_date': '2011-02-13T00:00:00'}

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Cleveland Museum of Art Acquires Rare Chinese Paintings, Baroque Porcelain Plaque and Other New Acquisitions Exhibited with Hanging Scrolls,” December 20, 1999, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4305

	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein<em>. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 58-59, no. 12
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	Bagnoli, Martina. <em>Treasures of heaven: saints, relics, and devotion in medieval Europe</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2010.
	page number: 	Reproduced: cat. no. 22, p. 43
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	Achi, Andrea Myers, et al. Africa and Byzantium. New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2023.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: pp. 54-55, no. 16
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