A fine Egyptian Lidded Cosmetic Jar, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11 - 12, ca. 2040 - 1786 BCE Glass Sydney1991 Darwin Performing Arts Centre

Sydney1991 Darwin Performing Arts Centre

2008 Utopia Collection 2

Margaret Napangardi Brown was born in 1940 at Mount Doreen Station

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Exhibition Musee Jacquemart-Andre (Bruxelles

A fine Egyptian Lidded Cosmetic Jar, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11 - 12, ca. 2040 - 1786 BCE Glass Sydney1991 Darwin Performing Arts CentreUsed for storing kohl (eye paint), this elegant squat jar of speckled granite has smooth convex sides that swell upward from a small, footed base into a high shoulder leading to a two piece wide, angled rim that detaches. As is common with this type of vessel, drilling of the interior is narrow and does not conform to the shape of the body. Egyptians used kohl extensively, both to emphasize and protect their eyes. The wide rim of this small pot meant