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Pilgrim bottle from Syria, around 1330-1350. The shape of the bottle echoes the leather water flasks used by medieval travellers, however it was not intended to be slung from the saddle of a horse, but probably made for sale to a pilgrim to the Holy Land,seeking containers for their mementoes, as the contents (bones of saints, earth or water from sacred sites) remained safe and visible. The richly coloured enmels and gilding hide the rather poor quality of the thick,bubbly glass. OA 1869.1-20.3

Location British Museum/London/Great Britain

Unique Identifier ART200747

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3825px × 4561px

Photo Credit Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY

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14th century CE

Champleve Enamel