Unguent Bottle (Krateriskos)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Unguent Bottle (Krateriskos)

Date
c. 1336–1295 BCE
Medium
glass
Culture
Egypt, New Kingdom (1540–1069 BCE), Dynasty 18, post-Amarna period or later
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
93955

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This was probably the most popular type of Egyptian glass vessel. The milky white to sea green-colored fabric and monochrome decorative scheme are reminiscent of Egyptian alabaster. That the Egyptians would make an association between glass and stone is only natural, as the Egyptian name for glass was inr n(y) wdh or "the flowing stone."

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Credit line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
Provenance
Probably el-Mansha, near Sohag. Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent

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