About This Artwork

Egyptian

Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column, New Kingdom, late Dynasty 18 or 19, 1550-1202 B.C.

Glass
8.2 x 3.0 x 3.0 cm (3 1/4 x 1 1/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, 1941.1084

Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories

Exhibition History

The Art Institute of Chicago, Ancient Art Galleries, Gallery 155A, 1994 - present.

Publication History

Geraldine J. Casper, Glass Paperweights in The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 1991), p. 9 (ill.).

Kurt T. Luckner, Ancient Glass, Museum Studies: Ancient Art at The Art Institute of Chicago 20, no. 1 (1994), p 82 (ill.), no. 58.

"CLEOPATRA; THE ANCIENT WORLD," Computer program, 1997, The Art Institute of Chicago.