Glass vessel

Glass vessel

A glass vessel in yellow, blue and white. Greek influence can be seen in the shape and it may have been imported from Phoenicia. Such vessels originally contained perfumes and oils.

GLASS

LATE PERIOD

From the collection belonging to Joseph Mayer and given to the Museum in 1867.

Piotr Bienkowski and Angela Tooley, "Gifts of The Nile: Ancient Egyptian Arts and Crafts in the Liverpool Museum", 1995, 42; pl. 54.

A. Lucas; "Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries", (1962).

LIVERPOOL MUSEUM

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