Perfume or oil bottle
Place made:Egypt
Period: New Kingdom
Period: New Kingdom
Dynasty: Dynasty 19-20
Date: ca. 1295-1069 B.C.
Medium: Glass
Dimensions:
h. 5 5/8 in. (14.3 cm); rim: diam. 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm); foot: diam. 11/16 in. (1.7 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with the Grace Fortner Rider Fund
Object number: 92.8.1
Provenance: sold by Gawain McKinley (1945-1996), London, to San Antonio Museum of Art, 1992
Label Text
Workshops closely connected with the royal courts of Egypt’s New Kingdom made precious glass vessels to hold costly scented oils and unguents. Core-formed vessels like this one were shaped around a clay core and decorated with glass threads worked into a decorative pattern. This technique was adopted from glassmakers in the Near East: in this period, Egyptian kings conquered parts of the Levant and had extensive diplomatic ties and trade links with Near Eastern rulers.
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
(Jessica Powers, 2018)
On view
In Collection(s)
The San Antonio Museum of Art is in the process of digitizing its permanent collection. This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect SAMA's complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
This resource has been made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the Human Endeavor.
