Kohl Tube
Kohl Tube
Place of OriginWestern Asiatic, probably northwestern Iran
Date5th-4th century BCE, possibly later
DimensionsH (as restored): 2 27/32 in. (7.2 cm); H (as preserved): 2 1/4 in. (5.7 cm); Base Diam: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
MediumRod-formed; applied unmarvered thread.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Donald A. Kress
Object number
1980.1342
Not on View
DescriptionKohl tube. Natural bluish-green. Restored with a moderately broad horizontal rim with rounded edge; no shoulder; elongated cylindrical body, tapering upward; flat, uneven bottom. The inside of the tube is cylindrical and extends to the bottom. An unmarvered bluish-green thread is begun on the uppermost part of the body and wound spirally in almost horizontal lines to the bottom.
Label TextProbably from Northwestern Iran.Published ReferencesBarag, Dan P. "Rod-Formed Kohl Tubes of the Mid-First Millennium, B.C.," Journal of Glass Studies 17, 1975, p. 35, no. 2, fig. 28, pl. 27 (rim and uppermost part of the body incorrectly restored in the accompanying illustration).
Grose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.c. to A.d. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, Cat. No. 33, p. 86.
New Kingdom, late 18th or 19th Dynasty, about 1400-1225 BCE
5th-4th century BCE, possibly later
Mid-4th to early 3rd century BCE
Mid-4th through early third centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Late sixth through fifth centuries BCE
Probably 6th Century BCE
2nd through mid-1st century BCE
Mid-4th through early 3rd centuries BCE
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