Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience

New York, New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998. Hardcover. NF/VG, lovely copy, jacket shows some rubbing and very slight edge wear.. Black cloth, black DJ with color illus. 288 pp. 483 illustrations, with 224 in color. In English. 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; and two other locations/times. Colorless when it entered the kiln, the ceramic material known as Egyptian faience was transformed by firing into the sparkling blue of the Egyptian sky ad a wide range of other scintillating colors. Imbued by the ancient Egyptians with great symbolic significance - resplendent with radiance and filled with the shimmer of celestial light, it was the perfect metaphor for life, rebirth and immortality. Over two hundred beautiful faience objects from collections in Europe and the U.S. are reproduced in lavish color with a detailed description of each, along with a technical glossary, extensive bibliography, maps and chronological table. Five essays by top scholars in the field illuminate the subject. (Inventory #: 130294)