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Wedjet-eye

Wedjet-eye

 
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Object Name: 
Wedjet-Eye
Title: 
Wedjet-eye
Department
Ancient
Category
Origins of Glassmaking
Place Made: 
Egypt
Date: 
699-600 BC
Color
Blue Green
Technique
perhaps formed around rod
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.5 cm, L: 2.3 cm
Accession Number: 
76.7.2
Credit Line: 
Gift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Location: 
On Display
Description
Blue green glassy faience, some chips, dull surface; cast and glazed. Horizontal suspension hole is quite regular and perhaps formed around a rod; motif may have been retouched by engraving with a sharp point in the soft faience material before firing.
Provenance
Berkowitz, Carl, Source to 1976
Content, Derek, Source to 1976
Smith, Ray Winfield, Former Collection to

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Publications

Pre-Roman and Early Roman Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1979) pp. 279-280, #840; BIB# 29547

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