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In Egypt pottery provided the basic material for vessels of all kinds. Fine wares and many other small objects were made from faience. Glass arrived late on the scene and was used somewhat irregularly from the New Kingdom onward. Generally speaking, Egyptian pottery had few artistic pretensions. In the tomb of Tutankhamun most of the pottery vessels were simple wine jars in the form of amphorae. It is surprising that no finer pottery vessels were found, because high-quality ware was made during the late 18th and 19th dynasties, often brightly painted with floral designs. Pottery was rarely modeled, although human ...(100 of 9329 words)