Inlay in the Form of a Cornflower
Description
Object Label: Personal Arts under Amunhotep III King Amunhotep III supported artisans and workshops that produced extraordinary personal arts. The objects included faience, glass, and intricately designed pottery vessels and gold jewelry. Found in both domestic and funerary contexts, these luxury objects were prized by the living and often buried with their owners for use in the afterlife. The opulence of these objects reflects the splendor and extravagance of the reign of Amunhotep III—the self-styled “Dazzling Sun Disk of All Lands,” who initiated monumental building programs and commissioned vast amounts of sculpture —and anticipates the flamboyant style of Tutankhamun’s time (circa 1332–1322 B.C.E.). All objects in this case date to the reign of Amunhotep III (circa 1390–1352 B.C.E.) unless otherwise indicated. Caption: Inlay in the Form of a Cornflower, ca. 1390–1352 B.C.E.. Faience, 1 5/8 x 1 x 1/4 in. (4.1 x 2.5 x 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.66.15. (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 faience inlay shaped like a cornflower, shown as a blue ribbed blossom atop a green bulb-like base.
The image depicts a compact decorative inlay (likely a museum object photographed against a plain orange background). The upper portion is dark blue to black with vertical ribbing that radiates outward, resembling the petals/segments of a cornflower. Beneath the blue section is a rounded green element with a textured, stippled surface, forming what appears to be a flower head or base. No clear hieroglyphic, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the object in this view. There are no identifiable royal names or deities depicted; the design appears purely floral and ornamental. The photograph suggests glossy, ceramic-like surfaces consistent with faience, but the exact manufacturing details are not fully verifiable from the image alone.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 48.66.15 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3502 tier-2
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