Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 425,000+ artworks, 36,000+ artists, and 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

Kohl Jar

Kohl Jar

Ancient Egyptian

-1550–-1295

Medium: Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
Dimensions: 4.1 × 4.1 × 4.1 cm (1 5/8 × 1 5/8 × 1 5/8 in.)
Genre: personal grooming / hygiene / cosmetic container
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

Styles

eighteenth dynasty

Tags

stoneTravertineeighteenth dynastypersonal grooming / hygiene / cosmetic containervesselcontainerancient artegyptiancalcitenew kingdom

More by Ancient Egyptian

Amulet of the God Khnum

Amulet of the God Khnum

Ancient Egyptian, -1070

Amulet of the God Thoth

Amulet of the God Thoth

Ancient Egyptian, -664

Plaque: 15 Scarabs/”Amunhotep”

Plaque: 15 Scarabs/”Amunhotep”

Ancient Egyptian, -2055

Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

Eye of Horus (Wedjat) Amulet

Ancient Egyptian, -664

Amulet of the Theban Triad: Amun, Mut, and Khonsu

Amulet of the Theban Triad: Amun, Mut, and Khonsu

Ancient Egyptian, -1069

Statuette of the Goddess Isis Holding the God Horus

Statuette of the Goddess Isis Holding the God Horus

Ancient Egyptian, -1069

Amulet of the Goddess Bastet

Amulet of the Goddess Bastet

Ancient Egyptian, -1070

Ushabti (Funerary Figurine) of Horudja

Ushabti (Funerary Figurine) of Horudja

Ancient Egyptian, -380

Shabti of Queen Henuttawy

Shabti of Queen Henuttawy

Ancient Egyptian, -1039

Amulet of the God Horus

Amulet of the God Horus

Ancient Egyptian, -1070

Fragment of a Sleeve

Fragment of a Sleeve

Ancient Egyptian, 1

Scaraboid in the Form of a Hedgehog

Scaraboid in the Form of a Hedgehog

Ancient Egyptian, -1550