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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2867590, member: 2844&quot;]Yes, I know, but I appreciate the translation.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks, Kiko.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie59" alt=":kiss:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Kohl containers are not a general field of interest, but they have been around ever since the ancient Egyptians. Kohl containers are mostly found in North Africa and the Middle East and other parts of Asia.</p><p>Kohl is seen as protective, both as medicine and against evil. In some schools of Islam it is seen as a religious duty to wear kohl.</p><p>Like other objects, the bottles express the culture they are made by, which makes them amazing little testimonies to the diversity and beauty of those cultures. In some countries they are part of a dowry, along with jewellery.</p><p>There is so little interest in kohl and the culture around it, that the first specialized book (written by another crazy Dutch lady) was only published last year.</p><p>Most kohl bottles are sold as perfume bottles. Many of the ancient glass bottles are called &#039;tear bottles&#039;, after a 19th century romantic notion of capturing a tear shed for a loved one.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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