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Egypt
Faience Tiles
Circa 2600 - 1000 B.C.
7 ¼" x 5 ½" x 2 ½"
Wall Decoration From the Palaces And Funerary Apartments of Kings
The Egyptians believed that faience was a magical substance imbued with light and the powers
of rebirth. They called it tjehnet meaning that which is brilliant or scintillating. To the
Egyptians, objects made of faience shimmered with an immortal light and offered the brilliance
of eternity. Faience was an opulant material and thus suitable for kings. Perhaps its earliest use
on a large scale was for interior decoration. King Djoser lined the subterranean corridors of his
Step Pyramid at Saqqara with approximately 36,000 green faience tiles of this type. Similar tiles
also lined the temple walls at Abydos, Hierakonpolis, and Elephantine.
$3,995.00
on custom stand
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