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| Keywords: Egyptian - Palm Column Kohl Tube - Walters 4741.jpg The Egyptian learned from their Near Eastern neighbors how to make glass At first they imported the raw material and processed it in Egypt but soon they learned how to produce it by themselves This core-formed glass kohl tube is datable to the 18th Dynasty Originally there would have been a long thin glass applicator for the kohl as well The palm column shape was quite common for glass kohl tubes The body of the vessel is composed of translucent bright turquoise colored glass and the surface polish is in excellent condition The flaring palm top is outlined in dark yellow glass and the opening of the vessel is outlined in opaque white glass The neck of the tube is decorated with six raised threads of glass The body is decorated with threads of yellow and white glass which have been dragged to form a festoon pattern The bottom of the tube is rounded and has a flared ridge around the edge Some of the core material is still visible inside ca 1450 1300 BC New Kingdom glass cm 11 3 9 h x diam accession number 47 41 7022 Henry Walters Baltimore 1914 mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1914 place of origin Malkata present-day Western Thebes Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian art in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Egyptian kohl artifacts Palmiform columns Ancient Egyptian glassware Ancient Egyptian art from Malkata Kohl Vase | ||||
