Art Institute of Chicago
Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column
EgyptianLinkedCulture matchlcp-b3f2759025d0
- Date
- New Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 18 or early Dynasty 19, about 1352–1213 BCE
- Medium
- Glass
- Culture
- Egypt
- Department
- Arts of Africa
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 43353
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
This small container was designed to hold kohl, a cosmetic eye paint made of ground galena or malachite. Ancient Egyptian men and women wore kohl for its aesthetic appeal but also to dampen the harsh sunlight of North Africa and possibly even for medicinal purposes. The columns shaped like palm trees common in ancient Egyptian architecture inspired the elegant form of this glass vessel. Containers like this luxurious example were buried with their owners for continued use in the afterlife.
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- Credit line
- Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
- Provenance
- Kalebdjian Frères, Paris; sold to Azeez, Khayat, by 1928; sold to Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, by 1928 [correspondence in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1941.
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- Object type
- AAT300193015
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