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| Keywords: Byzantine - Pilgrim Flask - Walters 482521.jpg This flask shows a shrouded figure perhaps Lazarus emerging from the partially opened doors of a tomb On the reverse is a cross under an arch These two images evoked the pilgrim's belief in Christ's victory over death and the final resurrection of all believers The flask could be worn around the neck as a kind of protective souvenir century 6 7 Late Antique terracotta cm 6 8 4 9 2 2 accession number 48 2521 19490 Clive Foss Boston by purchase Walters Art Museum 1985 by purchase Museum purchase 1985 King Herod's Dream Caesarea on the Sea Natural History Museum of Los Angeles Los Angeles; Denver Museum of Natural History Denver; Science Museum of Minnesota St Paul; Museum of Science Boston Boston; Canadian Museum of Civilization Gatineau; Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Washington 1988-1990 Memory and the Middle Ages McMullen Museum of Art Boston College Chestnut Hill 1995 place of origin Ephesus in present-day Turkey Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
