BYZANTINE – TERRACOTTA ST. MENAS FLASK

TERRACOTTA ST. MENAS FLASK

Two-handled pilgrim’s flask, both sides with figure of Saint Menas ‘en face’, an early Christian saint, c.  285-309 AD living in Alexandria,

holding camel in each hand, crosses above.

Ex priv. coll. J. G., Netherlands.
H. 11,3 cm.

6th-7th cent. AD