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Faience: Cementation of Glaze

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This is a self-glazing technique, known since the Middle Kingdom (about 2025-1700 BC). An artefact (not necessarily faience) was buried in glazing powder. The object and its powder casing were heated. The powder becomes fused to the artefact.

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