Spindle Bottle with Handle, New Kingdom, Amarna Period, Dynasty 18, ca. 1353–1336 B.C., From Egypt; Said to be from Middle Egypt, Tuna el-Gebel, Glass, H. 17.5 cm (6 7/8 in), Egyptian glass vessels were often modeled after vessels originally made in other materials. This slender flask of turquoise glass was copied from an imported pottery 'spindle bottle' of the type that Syrians are depicted carrying in contemporary Egyptian tomb paintings, actual examples of which would most likely have contained some sort of resin
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