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Eternal Egypt: Stone Kohl Pot
This is a small cylindrical stone kohl vase with a base. It has a relatively narrow mouth, and the body is wide enough for the insertion of a finger or a specially designed applicator.
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Eternal Egypt: Baboon Kohl Pot
The pot for kohl, an eye paint used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes, has a high neck, bulging belly, and a spout that is flanked by a baboon.
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Eternal Egypt: Double Kohl Pot
This double kohl pot consists of two tall cylindrical tubes with a central opening. The rims of the tubes are decorated with black ornaments. The pot is decorated with the painting of a nude woman standing and is holding a papyrus flower...
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Eternal Egypt: Monkey Shaped Kohl Pot
This pot for kohl, an eye paint used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes, is shaped like a pet monkey. The monkey is shown standing on its hind legs holding a small cylinder between its hands.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Plate With Bearded Man
The small plate was used for crushing kohl, an eye paint that was used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes. The plate is decorated with a bearded man with long hair seated in front of a Bible.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Pot With Lotus Flowers
The small pot was used to store kohl, an eye paint used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes. Incised geometric yellow lines decorate the pot's body, while its lid has a big rose in the center surrounded by four lotus flowers.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Bottle With Fluted Neck
The long slim glass bottle with ribbed slightly wide open neck was used for kohl, an eye paint that was used to enhance beauty and to protect the eyes.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Stick Used for the Eyes
This thin rod was used to apply kohl to the eyes of women and children. The end of the rod was dipped in the kohl bottle and then applied to the eye.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Pot From the New Kingdom
This pot for kohl is composed of five cylindrical containers that were drilled into a single piece of material.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Pot With an Unusual Figure
This pot for kohl, an eye paint used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes, is composed of an unusual figure standing with his arms by his sides.
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Eternal Egypt: Kohl Pot Shaped Like Two Monkeys
This pot for kohl, an eye paint used to enhance beauty and protect the eyes, is in the form of two pet monkeys. The monkeys are shown squatting on their hind legs, opposite each other on an oblong base.