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

Inlay in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes

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Description

Caption: Inlay in the Form of a Bunch of Grapes, ca. 1352–1336 B.C.E.. Faience, 3 1/4 × 1 13/16 × 1 3/16 in. (8.2 × 4.6 × 3 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, 16.364. (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.

A small blue-green faience amulet in the shape of a bead.

The artifact is a faience amulet shaped like a bead or a shell with a textured surface suggesting a natural object. It features a distinct blue-green glaze typical of Egyptian faience work. The composition reflects artistic simplicity focused on symbolic representation. There is a small perforation, likely for suspension or attachment to a necklace.

decorative unknown excellent
Materials faience

Connections

Found at Egypt
Materials Faience

Cross-references (2)

  • BKM-Accession 16.364 tier-2
  • BKM-Object 9617 tier-2
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