A Blue-Painted Pot (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

A Blue-Painted Pot

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Pottery decorated in a distinctive pale blue color was in vogue in New Kingdom Egypt, particularly during the reigns of Amenhotep III and Ramesses II. The pale blue is due to cobalt that may have been derived from a mineral mined at an oasis in the eastern Saharan desert.

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Colin A. Hope/Monash University

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