Terminal Ornament
Description
Object Label: That this finial or ornament belonged to an item of furniture is clear from the elaborate fittings, but both the identity of the original complete object and the exact symbolism of the duck or goose head remain unknown. Both types of fowl had sexual associations. Whatever its significance, the finial is apparently unique. Its fastidious modeling is characteristic of the Ptolemaic Period. Caption: Terminal Ornament, 305–30 B.C.E.. Bronze, 12 5/8 × 6 5/8 in. (32.1 × 16.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 54.101. (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.
Bronze artifact depicting the head of a bird with a prominent beak.
This is a bronze artifact featuring the stylized head of a bird, possibly representing a deity or symbolic figure. The composition is smooth and streamlined, capturing the essence of the bird with a simplified form. It displays notable craftsmanship in the detailing of the beak and head.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 54.101 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3602 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.