Glass Spindle Bottle with Handle from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Title

Glass Spindle Bottle with Handle from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/544861

Subject

Ancient Egyptian Glass

Description

As described by The Metropolitan Museum of Art:
"Egyptian glass vessels were often modeled after vessels originally made in other materials. This slender flask of turquoise glass was copied from an imported pottery "spindle bottle" of the type that Syrians are depicted carrying in contemporary Egyptian tomb paintings, actual examples of which would most likely have contained some sort of resin. The flask was core-formed and finished by hand, with the strap handle applied separately. The elongated, ovoid body and slender neck were decorated with finely executed zigzags of dark blue and white glass. The handle is embellished with repeating bands of dark blue, yellow, and white. Glass objects were first imported into Egypt from the Near East in the joint reign of Hatshepsut and Thutmose III. Egyptian craftsmen, who had more than a millennium of experience manufacturing the related substance faience, quickly added the art of glass making to their repertoire."

Creator

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Publisher

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Date

Ancient Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Reign: Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353-1336 BC

Contributor

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rights

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. This object is a part of The Met's Open Access for Scholarly Content Initiative.

Relation

[no text]

Format

Image: jpg
Object: Glass Vase
Medium: Glass
Dimension: H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in)
Accession Number: 26.7.1176

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

[no text]

Coverage

Egypt
Ancient Egypt
Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period
Dynasty: Dynasty 18
Reign: Akhenaten
Date: ca. 1353-1336 BC
Geography: Probably from Egypt, Middle Egypt, Tune el-Gebel

Files

Spindle Bottle with Handle Glass MET.jpg

Citation

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, “Glass Spindle Bottle with Handle from The Metropolitan Museum of Art,” Pondering Public History: An Ancient Egypt Collection, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ponderingpublichistory.omeka.net/items/show/1.