Fragmente eines Gefäßes und einer figürlichen Einlage

Fragment of a vessel and of a figural inset, New Kingdom, 18th dynasty, mid-14th – mid-13th century BC

(a): blue glass with fused white and brown glass; (b): blue glass

(H x W x D) (a)2,5 × 2,7 × 0,7 cm

(H x W x D) (b)3 × 2,4 × 1 cm

Status

not on display

About the workGlass is made from simple raw materials, and yet in early history it was considered a great luxury. As its vibrancy and brilliance matched that of precious stones, it was used in similar ways: as jewellery, for vessels and particularly as an inlay for furniture and sculpture. Today it is believed that glass was developed in Mesopotamia (roughly the area of present-day Iraq and Syria) in the third millennium BC. The objects exhibited here belong to a significantly larger number of finds from Egypt, which are excellently preserved due to the dry climate.

AccessionOld inventory, probably from the Kunstgewerbe-Museum, Dusseldorf

Provenance[...]; vermutlich 1927 übernommen aus dem ehem. Kunstgewerbemuseum (1883-1927)

Inventory numberP 1974-2 a,b

Ancient Egypt

Contact

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