Faience

Examples of Faience in the following topics:

• The Third Intermediate Period

  • New emphasis was placed on the king as the son of a god and explained through the use of royal faience and precious metals.
  • New emphasis was placed on the king as the son of a god and explained through the use of royal faience and precious metals.

• Late Egyptian Art

  • The faience sculpture below shows the god Pataikos wearing a scarab beetle on his head, supporting two human-headed birds on his shoulders, holding a snake in each hand, and standing atop crocodiles.
  • This glazed faience sculpture of the god Pataikos shows a somewhat naturalistic departure from traditional depictions of Egyptian deities.

• Minoan Sculpture

  • The small-scale sculptures of the Minoans were produced in many different materials including ivory, gold, faience, and bronze.
  • For instance, faience, an quartz ceramic, is an Egyptian material.

• Etruscan Artifacts

  • Indeed, at some Etruscan tombs, physical evidence of trade has been found in the form of grave goods, including fine faience ware cups, which was likely the result of trade with Egypt.

• Nubia and Ancient Culture

  • These two groups traded gold, copper tools, faience, stone vessels, pots, and more.

• Ancient Egyptian Art

  • Faience was sintered-quartz ceramic with surface vitrification used to create relatively cheap, small objects in many colors, but most commonly blue-green.

• The Rise of Egyptian Civilization

  • Mud bricks were mass-produced, copper was used for tools and weapons, and silver, gold, lapis, and faience were used as decorations.