Pilgrim flask, ca. 1500–1525
Venice
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded
Technical Glossary
Venice
Free-blown glass, enameled and gilded
H. 12 3/8 in. (31.4 cm)
Robert Lehman Collection, 1975 (1975.1.1167)
Known in Venice as inghistere fracade ("flat-sided bottles"), pilgrim flasks drew on Islamic models not only for their shape but also for foliate and floral patterns. In both the Islamic world and Renaissance Venice, pilgrim flasks were often made in pairs to celebrate marriages.
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- Trade and Travel (1000–1400 a.d.)
- Trade and Travel (1400–1600 a.d.)
- Trade and Travel (500–1000 a.d.)
