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Yellow-Green Hexagonal Glass Bottle with a Stylite Saint

mid-5th–7th century
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 300
The stylite saints depicted on tall glass vessels made in Syria were men who renounced the world and lived atop pillars (styloi). Most renowned was Saint Symeon the Stylite the Elder (389–459), whose pillar on the mountain of Qal‘at Sem‘an, near Antioch, became the center of a large pilgrimage complex. Pilgrims collected dirt from the base of his column.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Yellow-Green Hexagonal Glass Bottle with a Stylite Saint
  • Date: mid-5th–7th century
  • Geography: Made in Syria (?)
  • Culture: Byzantine
  • Medium: Moulded glass
  • Dimensions: Overall: 8 9/16 x 2 1/2 x 2 9/16 in. (21.7 x 6.4 x 6.5 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Vessels
  • Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Carleton S. Coon, 1961
  • Object Number: 61.247
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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