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Gifts of the Nile : Ancient Egyptian Faience by Georgina Borromeo, Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter, Peter Lacovara, Paul T. Nicholson and Diana C. Patch (1998, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherThames & Hudson

ISBN-100500237549

ISBN-139780500237540

eBay Product ID (ePID)718937

Product Key Features

Book TitleGifts of the Nile : Ancient Egyptian Faience

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicCivilization, History / Ancient & Classical, Ceramics

Publication Year1998

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, History

AuthorGeorgina Borromeo, Deborah E. Klimburg-Salter, Peter Lacovara, Paul T. Nicholson, Diana C. Patch

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight60.7 Oz

Item Length9.5 in

Item Width12.4 in

Additional Product Features

LCCN97-062055

Dewey Edition21

Dewey Decimal732.8

SynopsisCreated from common materials, but possessing the majesty of gold and semi-precious gems, the ceramic now known as faience was used by the ancient Egyptians for a variety of luxury objects. Dolls were fashioned from it, as were baby feeders docorated to magically protect mother and child. Faience could be shaped into mummy masks, amulets, chalices, bowls, inkwells, jewelry, tiles and inlays for furniture. Its great popularity could have been due to one particular characteristic: radiance and brilliance, to the Egyptians a perfect metaphor for life, death and rebirth.

LC Classification NumberNK4305.5.E3G54 1998