id:			160975
accession number:	1999.231
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1999.231
updated:		2024-08-20 11:07:50.108000

Pilgrim's Flask with Saint Menas, 400–600 CE. Byzantine Empire, Abu Mena (Egypt). Terracotta; overall: 10 x 6.4 cm (3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman 1999.231

title:				Pilgrim's Flask with Saint Menas
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creation date:			400–600 CE
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		599
current location:		105 Byzantine
creditline:			Gift of Bruce Ferrini in memory of Robert P. Bergman
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culture:	Byzantine Empire, Abu Mena (Egypt)
technique:	terracotta
department:	Medieval Art
collection:	MED - Byzantine
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 10 x 6.4 cm (3 15/16 x 2 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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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RELATED WORKS

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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

	Gertsman, Elina and Barbara H. Rosenwein. <em>The Middle Ages in 50 Objects</em>. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2018.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 10-13; Reproduced: p. 11
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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. 15
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