Product code: Ancient bronze Kohl selling jar with Applicator # Ancient bronze# 2nd to 1st millennium BC
Culture: Bactrian
Period: Ca. 2nd to 1st millennium BC
Material: Bronze
An interesting bronze kohl jar of an inverted piriform body with a long, cylindrical neck finished with an
everted rim. The vessel sits upon a flat base and is accompanied by an applicator. This type selling of vessel was used for holding kohl - an eye cosmetic, still in use, made by grinding stibnite for use as mascara or eyeliner.