Bowl with Floral Decoration
Description
Object Label: The Persian conquest of Egypt in 525 B.C.E. led to a vogue for metalwork in the Persian style, such as these animal-shaped handles and fluted bowls with floral decorations on the base. All of these objects were discovered in Egypt; the silver pieces were discovered together with a large number of objects as an offering at a temple of a foreign goddess. Caption: Bowl with Floral Decoration, ca. 410 B.C.E.. Silver, 3 1/8 × 7 3/16 in. (8 × 18.3 cm) Weight: 489.3 g. Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 54.50.35. (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.
A silver bowl shown from above with a central floral rosette and concentric, ribbed radiating decoration around it.
The image depicts a circular, shallow bowl photographed against a dark background. The surface shows a bright metallic sheen consistent with a silver vessel. In the center there is a raised or outlined floral rosette: a circular core surrounded by multiple evenly spaced petal-like segments. Around the central motif are concentric decorative bands, including a radiating pattern of fine, linear ridges/striations that form a sunburst effect. There are no clearly legible hieroglyphs or any other script visible, and no cartouches, royal names, or divine figures are depicted; the ornamentation appears purely decorative (floral and geometric/ribbed).
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 54.50.35 tier-2
- BKM-Object 67987 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.
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