Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 1,000,000+ artworks, 100,000+ artists, and 1,800+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

Kohl Jar by Ancient Egyptian — VisualArtsDB

Home
Personal grooming / hygiene / cosmetic container
Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Ancient Egyptian

-2055–-1773

Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: a (jar): 4.82 × 3.8 × 3.9 cm (1 7/8 × 1 1/2 × 1 1/2 in.) b (lid): .4 × 4 × 3.4 cm (3/8 × 1 9/16 × 1 3/8 in.)
Genre: Personal grooming / hygiene / cosmetic container
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

Tags

stoneTravertinemiddle kingdompersonal grooming / hygiene / cosmetic containervesselcontainerancient artegyptiancalcite

More by Ancient Egyptian

Taweret Amulet

Taweret Amulet

Ancient Egyptian, -1336

Shabti of Osiris

Shabti of Osiris

Ancient Egyptian, -664

Amulet of an Aegis with the Head of Hathor

Amulet of an Aegis with the Head of Hathor

Ancient Egyptian, -1069

Ring: Amun-Ra, King of the Gods, the Lord

Ring: Amun-Ra, King of the Gods, the Lord

Ancient Egyptian, -1550

Amulet of the Goddess Sekhmet

Amulet of the Goddess Sekhmet

Ancient Egyptian, -1550

Amulet of the Lunar Crescent

Amulet of the Lunar Crescent

Ancient Egyptian, -1300

Ring with a Recumbent Lion

Ring with a Recumbent Lion

Ancient Egyptian, -1550

Amuletic Inlay of the God Bes Dancing

Amuletic Inlay of the God Bes Dancing

Ancient Egyptian, -1336

Scarab: Wish Formula (?)

Scarab: Wish Formula (?)

Ancient Egyptian, -1295

Fragment

Fragment

Ancient Egyptian, 400

Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

Ancient Egyptian, -1069

Amulet of a Falcon-Headed God

Amulet of a Falcon-Headed God

Ancient Egyptian, -780