Ptolemaic Blue Faience Bowl

Illustration

Arienne King
by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 14 March 2018
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This blue bowl is an excellent example of Egyptian faience ware, and why it was so highly regarded in the ancient Mediterranean. Ancient Egyptian artisans had been producing high-quality faience for millennia by the time this bowl was produced and it continued to be a highly regarded material for use in both Egyptian and Hellenistic art during the Ptolemaic period when this bowl was produced (c. 332-30 BCE). (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)

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