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Glass Vessel
TR 12-3-26-2 Cairo Antiquity Museum
Material: Polychrome
glass
Size: Height 8 cm; Width: 5 cm; Depth: 6 cm
Location: Saqqara, grave 25 discovered in 1923
Period: 18th Dynasty (1400-1300 BC)
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This vessel is composed of bright blue glass with
yellow, white and blue decorations. It was not until the
New Kingdom that the techniques for producing a true
glass vessel appeared. They were produced by melting a
molten glass mixture of quartz sand, alkali and
mineral-based coloring against a clay core. Rods of
heated colored glass were then wrapped around the
vessel, pulled and draped to create a design.
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