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

Male Caricature

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Description

Caption: Male Caricature, 305–30 B.C.E.. Terracotta, pigment, 1 7/16 × 1 1/8 × 13/16 in. (3.6 × 2.8 × 2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1632E. (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.

Small terracotta face/mask-like object depicting a male caricature with exaggerated facial features and hair arrangement.

The image shows a small, rounded terracotta head/face held against a neutral gray background. The figure has a broad, stylized forehead, downturned eyebrows, heavy-lidded eyes with incised contours, and a protruding/curved mouth. A short, centrally arranged hairline or cap is suggested by shallow incisions along the top and sides, with darker pigment traces only faintly visible on the facial features. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or other inscriptions are visible on the photographed surface. No deities or royal names can be securely identified from the image alone, though the style is consistent with Egyptian figurative/character masks.

unclear Ptolemaic Period (or later) per catalogue; exact dating uncertain from the image alone. good
Materials Terracottapigment (faint traces)

Connections

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1632E tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118157 tier-2
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