{"product_id":"gifts-of-the-nile-ancient-egyptian-faience","title":"Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York: Thames and Hudson, 1998.  Folio in color illusglossy wraps; 288 pages: illustrations (many color), maps; 32 cm; bibliographical references (pages 268-281) and index. Wee bit of sunning to top front edge; esle fine and apparently unread. Nearly as new. . Paperback. ISBN: 0911517650\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is the first publication to analyse fully the significance of faience in ancient Egypt, and to present the most marvellous examples of its creation. The editor shows how faience was used and produced, as well as its symbolic values.\" —Publisher. Contents: Faience: the brilliance of eternity \/ Florence Dunn Friedman -- Symbols and meanings \/ Robert Steven Bianchi -- By necessity or design: Faience use in ancient Egypt \/ Diana Craig Patch -- Nubian faience \/ Peter Lacovara -- Materials and technology \/ Paul T. Nicholson -- The plates: Early faience -- Faience and the royal life -- Women's use and female-related themes -- Faience in daily life and devotion -- Funerary uses of faience -- Materials and technology -- Notes on the plates. Faience -- Egypt. Antiquities. Faience. Majolica. Kunstvoorwerpen. Faience -- Egypt. \tExhibition catalogues. Geographic: \tEgypt -- Antiquities. Egypt. Egypt -- Antiquities. 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; Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I., Aug. 24, 1998-Jan. 3, 1999; Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Tex., Jan. 31, 1999-Apr. 25, 1999. ** Weighs 3 lbs 7 oz. Extra shipping charges may apply for international \u0026amp; expedited orders. Please inquire.**\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friedman, Florence D; Borromeo, Georgina; Leveque, Mimi; Rhode Island School of Design; Cleveland Museum of Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46055476068610,"sku":"92766.0","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0675\/4412\/1602\/files\/holder_7_d431e2b1-f74b-401e-886e-5c18a3ddc566.jpg?v=1744067974","url":"https:\/\/bibliope.com\/products\/gifts-of-the-nile-ancient-egyptian-faience","provider":"Bibliope","version":"1.0","type":"link"}