Circular Dish
Description
Object Label: To create mosaic glass, artisans fused slices of colored glass rods in a two-part mold and then polished the surface. Of the few examples that survive from antiquity, most come from the palace of Amunhotep III at Malkata, where the king sponsored royal workshops. The coloring on this example, which is the largest and best-preserved of its type, is probably meant to imitate red granite. Caption: Circular Dish, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.. Glass, 11/16 x 1 x 4 1/8 in. (1.8 x 2.5 x 10.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.162. (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 round artifact with a mottled blue and brown surface.
The artifact is a round object with a mottled surface composed of blue and brown hues. It appears to be made of faience, with a speckled design that is characteristic of decorative pottery or tiles in ancient Egypt. The object does not display any visible inscriptions or carvings.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 48.162 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3521 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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