Vases

Glass bottles were veritable royal products,manufactured in palace workshops. A large number of these bottles have come to light in the ruins of the palaces of Amenhotep III at Malkata and Amenhotep IV (Akhenaton) at Amarna. They were intended for domestic use. In tombs, too, a lot of glassware was found. These objects were interred together with the dead, because the latter were attached to the mand because these precious products were typical status goods.
The three shapes occurring most often are the krateriskos, the amphoriskos and the palm column. Because of their similarity in shape, the first two derive their names from Greek vases of a later date. They were used as containers for perfume. The palm column containers were intended for kohl, a cosmetic substance used for making up the eyes. There are little vases in the shape of pomegranates as well.
Glass manufacture demanded great discipline in the core-forming technique. The technique of glassblowing was not invented until 50 B.C. The core-forming technique entailed dipping a clay core,mixed with an organic binding agent, into molten glass. The exterior face was made smooth by rolling it across on a flat plane. For decoration, coloured glass threads were rolled into the surface. Finally, the ears, rimand foot were attached to the object and then the core was removed.