inlay
Object NameEyeliner Inlay
Made FromGlass
Date699-1 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquetooled, cut
SizeOverall H: 2.4 cm, W: 6.8 cm
Accession Number55.1.65
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Verres Antiques de la Collection R.W. Smith
Glass from the Ancient World
The Book and the Spade
On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery
Physical DescriptionOpaque medium deep blue glass, dull, somewhat pitted; tooled and retouched by cutting. Element forms the liner for a left eye from a mummy case, preserving the horizontal decorative elongation at the outer edge.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1955-09-09
