Fragmentary Statuette of a Man
ca. 1479–1390 B.C.E.
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Object Label
Unlike most faience statuettes from this period that were made as funerary figurines, this rare example represents an individual. The deep blue glaze, imitating the imported semiprecious stone called lapis lazuli, might have been used to indicate that the subject was a foreigner.
Caption
Fragmentary Statuette of a Man, ca. 1479–1390 B.C.E.. Faience, 2 1/8 × 1 1/2 × 7/8 in. (5.4 × 3.8 × 2.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.334E. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Frequent Art Questions
Could you tell me how faience was made?
Faience is a man-made mixture of "ground quartz or quartz-sand held together by and alkaline binder. The bright and shiny surface seen on this figurine is a result of glazing. The glaze was made of a form of powdered glass mixed with a liquid and applied either with a brush or by dipping the entire figurine.It gets it's blue color from copper that is mixed into or applied to the surface of the quartz body before firing.
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