Incense Burner
Description
Caption: Incense Burner, 100–395 C.E.. Bronze, 2 1/8 x diameter 3 1/16 in. (5.4 x 7.8 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, 16.252. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano
Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
Photograph of a small bronze bowl-like object with a rounded body and slightly flared rim, open at the top.
The image shows an ancient Egyptian–style bronze vessel resembling a shallow bowl or cup. The form has a hemispherical/rounded profile, with a thin, uneven rim and dark patination. No sculpted figures, relief decoration, or clearly readable inscriptions are visible on the exterior in this view. The surface shows corrosion/patina with a few lighter greenish areas consistent with copper alloy oxidation. The interior is visible and appears similarly darkened, suggesting use as a functional container such as an incense burner (or similar vessel) rather than a purely decorative piece.
Connections
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 16.252 tier-2
- BKM-Object 9512 tier-2
About this record's data
- 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.