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Historical Archive: Ewers and Flasks See also Glass and Ceramics in Medium Index. Representations follow surviving examples; see also Christ before Pilate. black-figure Corinthian aryballos from Chaeronea: birds, c. 600 BCE, KM 0000.02.9175. For another view see Kelsey. black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and the Nemean lion, 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.02.9171. For another view see Kelsey. Etruscan terracotta oinochoe: dancers and gorgons, Chiusi c.550-500 BCE, AIC on loan from Field Museum no. 1104, cat. no. 96600. This work has its own page. black-figure Attic lekythos: Hercules and dancers at a banquet, or Dionysos with maenads, end of 6th c. BCE, KM 0000.00.2596. For another view see Kelsey. pitcher (oinochoe), core-formed glass, Syria? 5th c. BCE, KM 1977.02.0001 'The Grimani Oinochoe': bronze jug from Peloponnesos, Greek c.460-50 BCE, MFAB LA18. For detail see MFAB glass flask and footed cups found together, 1st-4th c. Karanis (Egypt), KM 0000.00.5936, 0000.00.5965, 0000.00.5966. For other views see Kelsey. jug from Fayoum, free-blown glass, 4th-5th c., KM 0000.00.5158 flask: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós. ewer: Nagyszentmiklós treasure, gold, 700-750?, KHM VIIb. For more views and companion works see Nagyszentmiklós. Rock crystal bottle, 9th-c. Fatimid Egypt, in later western mount, BM 1894,0517.1 mounted rock crystal vial, palmette side: prob. Abbasid 9th-early 10th c.; gilt copper base Italy 16th c.; Schn G19. For another view see Schn. rock crystal vial, prob. Abbasid 9th-early 10th c.; Schn F51. For another view see Schn. pitcher, ceramic, 10th c., Chelles ewer, rock crystal, Egypt 10th-11th c., Hermitage VЗ-801, which has its own page mold-blown glass flask with pinched decoration, 10th-12th c. Egypt, KM 1969.03.0038 flask, Fatimid crystal, Halberstadt Cathedral treasury rock crystal flask, Fatimid Egypt 909-1171, in Weddeghe Velstede, silver gilt reliquary monstrance 1433, AIC 1962.91. This work has its own page. glass spearhead flask, Syria? 11th-12th c., KM 1968.02.0152 Eleanor Vase, metalwork 1137-47, Sasanian or Islamic crystal vessel, Louvre MR 340. This work has its own page. Cock's-head ewer, fritware, Iran early 13th c., Louvre MAO 442. This work has its own page. glass water bottle in the shape of pilgrim's flask, Syria c.1250-60, BM 1869,0120.3. This work has its own page. rock crystal ewer, France? 14th c.; silver gilt metalwork France, 14th-17th c.; Louvre OA 29. This work has its own page. ewer: silver gilt metalwork 14th, 17th, and 18th c.; rock crystal, Paris mid 14th c.; Louvre OA 62A ewer, ‘chalcedony glass’ c.1500, Venice, CMA 1985.141. For another view see CMA. boy with stool and aryballos: Exekias, black-figure amphora with Ajax and Achilles, c.540-30 BCE, Vat 16757. This work has its own page. painted sarcophagus from Crimea, late 1st/early 2nd c., Hermitage П.1899-81, which has its own page funerary stela of Herakela (age 60) and Ares (age 52), limestone and paint, 2nd-early 4th c. Terenouthis (Egypt), KM 0000.02.1179. For full object see Kelsey. Greek marble grave stone of Judas with candelabra, palmettes, doves, flasks, from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense, 3rd-4th or poss. 2nd-3rd c., Rome, Vat 17584 Greek marble grave stone of Primitiva and Euphrainon poss. from Trastevere with ethrogs, lulabs, menorahs, flasks, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30887 Greek marble grave stone of Aster prob. from Jewish catacomb on Via Portuense with birds, trees, flask, grapes, menorah, 3rd-4th c., Vat 30825 gold-glass medallion: menorah, amphora, horn, citron, branches; 3rd-5th c., BM 1863,0727.10 Wedding at Cana: Infancy/Miracle ivory, c.400-435, SMBByz 2719, which has its own page stags flanking vessel, stucco: Ravenna, Orthodox baptistery, c.451-73. This work has its own pages. liturgical ewer and basin: Riha paten, silver/gilt/niello, 565-78, DO BZ.1924.5, which has its own page river: David and Goliath, Constantinople 629–30, Met 17.190.396, which has its own page with details Crucifixion obverse, crystal intaglio, c.825-50, BM 67.7-5.14 Wedding at Cana: life of Christ ivory, c.870, SMBByz 598. For full work and details see Berlin. Aquarius: Apostles casket, ivory c.870, BNM MA 174-176, which has its own page scourging, Pontius Pilate, ivory fr Magdeburg Antependium, Milan c.970, BNM 17/420. For scale see BNM. Nativity ivory, Venice?, 12th/13th c.; on reliquary icon: frame silver gilt on wood, Constantinople 11th/12th c.; conversion to reliquary with horn 14th/15th-c. Germany. Louvre OA 11399. This work has its own page. rivers of Paradise, copper gilt, Mosan mid-12th c., Cluny Cl.1362. For full work see Cluny. Pisa Cathedral doors, bronze, Bonannus of Pisa c.1180. This work has its own page. nave ceiling Tree of Jesse, 1200-50, which has its own page with more vessels, St. Michael's, Hildesheim, which has its own pages Chartres cathedral, Notre Dame de la Belle-Verrière, later parts 1215-20. For more views see Chartres. font, copper alloy c.1226, Hildesheim Cathedral. This work has its own page with more flasks. Bonaventura Berlinghieri 1235, St. Francis, which has its own page with another ewer John the Baptist baptizes a follower, mosaic c.1240-1310, Baptistery of St. John, Florence. This work has its own pages. Nicola Pisano pulpit 1260, Pisa baptistery, which has its own page, in cathedral complex Giovanni Pisano pulpit 1302-10, which has its own page, in Pisa cathedral Nativity with Isaiah and Ezechiel, Duccio 1308/1311, NGA 1937.1.8. This work has its own page. Childhood of Christ, ceramic tile w. lead glaze, c.1330, V&A C.470-1927 3 Towers Reliquary, 1370-90, AachenCT. This work has its own page. Pilate: Baptistery, cathedral of Padua, 1376 frescoes: Giusto de' Menabuoi. This work has its own pages. Temperance: Arca di Sant' Agostino, 1362-aft. 1409, San Pietro in Ciel d'Oro, Pavia. This work has its own page. Annunciation, alabaster with paint and gilding, 15th c. Nottingham, PMA 1945-25-107 Old Testament scenes on oak choir stalls, 1420, Roskilde cathedral, which has its own page Annunciation keystone, late 15th c., St. Séverin, Paris, which has its own page. oak chest with Last Supper, 16th c., Hospice Comtesse Lille A.178. This work has its own page. Annunciation, with patron Gabriel Gouffier: Sens cathedral north transept windows, Jean Hympe the elder and the younger and Tassin Gassot, c.1515-19. This work has its own page. Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp, Iran, mid 1520s-30s, Met 1970.301. This manuscript has its own page. right: marquetry on archiepiscopal throne, Giovanni Battista del Cervelliera 1536, int. Pisa cathedral, which has its own pages Wise virgins: Hermann tom Ring, Last Judgement/ Triumph of Death 1550-52, oil/panel, Utrecht ABM s40. For full work see Utrecht. lower left: Joan van Noort/Jan van Noordt, Susanna and the Elders c.1660, Utrecht RMCC s75, loan from Instituut Collectie Nederland, Amsterdam, NK 1700