Lentoid Bottle
ca. 1390-1213 BCE (New Kingdom, late 18th-19th Dynasty)
H: 2 13/16 in. (7.2 cm)
Citation
Source image
In ancient Egypt, vessels were formed by heating powdered glass in a furnace around a clay core. Once the glass had melted around the core, glassmakers trailed threads of molten glass around the vessel and combed the trails with a pointed tool to create patterns.
Artifact
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15234
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object
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normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Dendera]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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CC0
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language
en
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pageCount
1
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import
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| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL2_47.36_Fnt_BW.jpg |
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| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/47.36 |