Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · vessel

Bucket

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Description

Caption: Bucket, 3rd–4th century C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 3 1/2 × 3 × 2 9/16 in. (8.9 × 7.6 × 6.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Evangeline Wilbour Blashfield, Theodora Wilbour, and Victor Wilbour honoring the wishes of their mother, Charlotte Beebe Wilbour, as a memorial to their father, Charles Edwin Wilbour, 16.294. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06

Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A clay head sculpture depicting a male face with prominent features.

The artifact is a sculpted head made from clay, showcasing a male face with defined features such as heavy eyebrows, a prominent nose, and carved hair. The style is rough and appears to be hand-molded, indicating a possible focus on dramatic expression over fine detail. The surface shows signs of wear and some small cracks.

unclear unknown fragmentary
Materials clay

Connections

Materials ClayTerracotta

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.294 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9552 tier-2
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  • From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
  • AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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