Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column New Kingdom ca. 1390–1352 The middle of the second millennium was a true color revolution in faience and glass technologies. The ancient Egyptians had mastered faience, a ceramic-type material glazed in a distinctive turquoise blue, much earlier, but no glass seems to have been deliberately produced in Egypt before Dynasty Thutmose III’s military campaigns abroad (ca. 1458–1438 ), Egyptian artisans emulated the sophisticated techniques for making polychrome glass known in Mesopotamia and Syria. They also began using glass co
Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column New Kingdom ca. 1390–1352 The middle of the second millennium was a true color revolution in faience and glass technologies. The ancient Egyptians had mastered faience, a ceramic-type material glazed in a distinctive turquoise blue, much earlier, but no glass seems to have been deliberately produced in Egypt before Dynasty Thutmose III’s military campaigns abroad (ca. 1458–1438 ), Egyptian artisans emulated the sophisticated techniques for making polychrome glass known in Mesopotamia and Syria. They also began using glass colorants (including cobalt, antimony, and lead) in faience production. Luxury items in glass, like this small kohl tube in the shape of a papyrus column, became all the rage. View more. Kohl Tube in the Shape of a Papyrus Column. ca. 1390–1352 Glass. New Kingdom. From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes. Dynasty 18
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