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BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS: On the Amenhotep III Inscribed Faience Fragments from Mycenae.
The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1999; Lilyquist, Christine; 4249 words
; Faience fragments excavated by Chrestos Tsountas, George Mylonas ... green - they were originally blue or green (like Egyptian faience usually is), inscribed in black.(1) Cline measured the ... Eighteenth Dynasty, these bricks in Egypt are usually of faience (Weinstein 1973: 126f.), and the example of Amenhotep ...
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Gifts of the Nile: ancient Egyptian faience.
The Middle East; 3/1/1999; 616 words
; Ancient Egyptian Faience Made from the sand of the desert but ... the ceramic today known as Egyptian faience was both a versatile and magical material ... Colourless when it entered the kiln, faience was transformed by firing into the sparkling ...
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Derivation of ancient Egyptian faience core and glaze materials.
Antiquity; 3/1/1997; Stocks, Denys A.; 2306 words
; ... blues in ancient Egyptian materials - faience, glazes, frits - is copper. How did the ... is the origin of the materials used for faience cores (bodies) and glazes. Ancient Egyptian ... article proposes that the powders make faience cores and blue glazes and, perhaps, blue ...
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Flattery for faience: imitating ancient materials reveals lost manufacturing secrets. (Cover Story).
Science News; 1/19/2002; Gorman, Jessica; 1956 words
; ... an ancient Egyptian material known as faience. It's a type of ceramic with a quartz ... grapes. This is why we look at ancient faience and we go `How did they do that?' Riccardelli ... researchers have revealed fine details of faience manufacture and composition that were ...
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An unpublished Amenhotep III faience plaque from Mycenae.
The Journal of the American Oriental Society; 4/1/1990; Cline, Eric; 211 words
; Two fragments of a faience plaque with the cartouche of Amenhotep ... and possibly as many as nine, Egyptian faience plaques found at this site. Eleven such ... new reconstruction of all the Egyptian faience plaques found at this site. These plaques ...
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Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience.
Interior Design; 8/1/1998; Abercrombie, Stanley; 143 words
; Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience Florence Dunn Friedman, editor Neat York: Thames ... beautiful and authoritative book on Egyptian faience. Not to be confused with later European faience, the majolica or tin-glazed earthenware that ...
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FLINT FAIENCE TILES A-Z
Antiques & Collecting Magazine; 8/1/2004; Anonymous; 128 words
; FLINT FAIENCE TILES A-Z By Margaret Carney & Ken Galvas. Hardcover, 8 1/27Prime ... 69.95. This stunning book captures the essence of the successful Flint Faience tile Company's highly diversified production between 1921-33 in Flint ...
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Abusir XIV; faience inlays from the funerary temple of King Raneferef, Raneferef's substitute decoration programme. (CD-ROM included).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Reference & Research Book News; 11/1/2007; 117 words
; 807308130X Abusir XIV; faience inlays from the funerary temple of King Raneferef, Raneferef ... Langrafova presents as complete as possible a catalogue of faience inlays and tablets of Egyptian Blue discovered in the king ... America by The David Brown Book Company. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)
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A.A. Importing Company: picture this Faience-style pottery ginger jar (#57589) in a sunny kitchen.(decorative accessories)(Advertisement)
Gifts & Decorative Accessories; 3/1/2005; 32 words
; Picture this Faience-style pottery ginger jar (#57589) in a sunny kitchen. Call 800-325-0602 or visit www.aaimporting.com (Circle No. 666 on Reader Service Card) InfoLink 208-50301-666 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]
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Wit and Whimsy at Florence Gift Mart.
Gifts & Decorative Accessories; 12/1/1998; Sloan, Carole; 408 words
; Faience, blown glass, and ceramics star with interesting designs. It was a strong mix of wit ... Mart this fall. Not surprisingly, some of the more interesting designs were found in faience, blown glass, and ceramics -- the backbone of Italian crafts. Faience, the classic technique of earthenware decorated ...
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