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Pilgrim Flask with the Corpus Christi

ca. 1490–1510
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 10
This vessel resembles a pilgrim’s bottle, with loops on its shoulders for attachment to a cord or strap. Exceptionally, however, a hollow, free-blown image of Jesus crucified (Corpus Christi) is attached to the flask. His body could thus be filled with wine or any other liquid poured into the bottle. The function of this unusual glass is not known. Could it have been used in church celebrations of the Feast of Corpus Christi?

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Pilgrim Flask with the Corpus Christi
  • Date: ca. 1490–1510
  • Geography: Made in Lower or Middle Rhine, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Free-blown glass with applied decoration
  • Dimensions: 7 1/2 × 4 5/16 × 3 7/16 in. (19.1 × 10.9 × 8.7 cm)
    Mouth (ID): 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
  • Classification: Glass-Vessels
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 2013
  • Object Number: 2013.647
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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