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Vase with Three Handles from the Brooklyn Museum
As described by the Brooklyn Museum:
" Some of the finest works of New Kingdom glass were made under Akhenaten, perhaps under the inspiration of Asiatic glassmakers living in Egypt. Vessels such as this example were shaped around a sandy core and…
" Some of the finest works of New Kingdom glass were made under Akhenaten, perhaps under the inspiration of Asiatic glassmakers living in Egypt. Vessels such as this example were shaped around a sandy core and…
Right Eye from an Anthropoid Coffin from the Brooklyn Museum
As described by The Brooklyn Museum:
"Egyptians described their gods as having gold skin and lapis-lazuli hair, eyebrows, and eyelids. Thus, the colorful glass of this eye imitates the costly blue stone, implying that the deceased passed all the…
"Egyptians described their gods as having gold skin and lapis-lazuli hair, eyebrows, and eyelids. Thus, the colorful glass of this eye imitates the costly blue stone, implying that the deceased passed all the…