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

Miniature Bowls

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Description

Caption: Miniature Bowls, 305–30 B.C.E.. Faience, 37.1582Ea: 13/16 × 1 13/16 in. (2 × 4.6 cm) 37.1582Eb: 13/16 × 1 13/16 in. (2 × 4.6 cm) 37.1582Ec: 13/16 × 1 13/16 in. (2.1 × 4.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 37.1582Ea-c. (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.

The image shows three small, shallow bowl-like vessels arranged side-by-side on a neutral background.

Three miniature bowls are photographed from above/at a slight angle, each with a rounded, flaring rim and a concave interior. The bowls appear molded rather than carved, with smooth exterior surfaces and minor surface wear and discoloration along the rims. No painted decoration, sculpted figures, or molded handles are visible. The lighting is even and the vessels read as metallic-gold or pale yellow-green in tone; this could be consistent with faience or a similar glazed material, but the glaze/firing is not clearly distinguishable from the photo alone. No hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic inscriptions are visible, and no cartouches or royal names are present. No deities are depicted.

decorative Ptolemaic Period (probably, per catalogue) good
Materials glazed ceramic (possible faience)metallic-looking surface (visual impression only)

Connections

Materials Alabaster

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 37.1582Ea-c tier-2
  • BKM-Object 118107 tier-2
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