Amphoriskos

ca. 1390-1213 BCE (New Kingdom, late 18th-19th Dynasty)

6.1 cm 12.1 cm 4.8 cm

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Glass became very popular in the New Kingdom and although glass-making was not discovered by the Egyptians, they soon learned how to make glass. Glass inlays and vessels, such as this one, were precious and a luxury article. This piece has a blue body, two small loop handles,...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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