| Description |
288 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 32 cm |
| Note |
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, May 19, 1998-July 5, 1998; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., Aug. 24, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 31, 1999-Apr. 25, 1999. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-281) and index. |
| Contents |
Faience: the brilliance of eternity / Florence Dunn Friedman -- Symbols and meanings / Robert Steven Bianchi -- By necessity or design: Faience use in ancient Egypt / Diana Craig Patch -- Nubian faience / Peter Lacovara -- Materials and technology / Paul T. Nicholson -- The plates: Early faience -- Faience and the royal life -- Women's use and female-related themes -- Faience in daily life and devotion -- Funerary uses of faience -- Materials and technology -- Notes on the plates. |
| Subject |
Faience -- Egypt.
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Egypt -- Antiquities.
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| Added Author |
Friedman, Florence D. (Florence Dunn)
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Borromeo, Georgina.
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Leveque, Mimi.
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Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Rhode Island School of Design. Museum of Art.
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Kimbell Art Museum.
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| ISBN |
0500237549 |
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9780500237540 |
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0911517650 |
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9780911517651 |
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