Lady Mi
Description
Object Label: One of the finest wooden sculptures to survive from antiquity, this exquisitely carved figure of Lady Mi shows the elaborate wig and huge gold earrings worn by the great women of King Amunhotep’s court. Both Amunhotep III and Queen Tiye allowed themselves to be represented as mature—rather than eternally youthful—individuals. Faithful courtiers followed the royal lead. The carver of this figure indicated the breasts and belly of an older woman beneath the gossamer linen of the dress. Caption: Lady Mi, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.. Wood, bone?, gold leaf, 6 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 2 1/4 in. (15.6 x 4.4 x 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 47.120.3. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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- Brooklyn 47.120.3 PNM textGurob
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.
Bronze-toned standing female figurine in Egyptian style, shown with arms crossed over the chest and wearing a beaded/headdress-like wig and patterned garments.
The image depicts a small, full-length standing female figure rendered in a dark bronze/brown material. The woman has a stylized face with arched eyebrows, a wig or headdress with a textured, beaded pattern covering the head, and small round ear elements. She stands upright with her arms folded across her torso (hands held at the forearms/chest level). Her garment is represented by incised/panelled vertical detailing and a belt/waist element; the lower body tapers to feet that stand on a rectangular, dark base block. No clearly legible hieroglyphs, cartouches, or inscriptions are visible on the base or body in this image. No visible gold leaf is clearly distinguishable at this resolution; the figure appears predominantly metal with surface texture that could be corrosion/patina. The catalogue attribution to “Lady Mi” (New Kingdom) is consistent in subject type (a named female figure), but the specific name “Mi” and any confirmatory text/crown insignia are not visible here. Therefore, agreement is limited to general subject plausibility rather than direct epigraphic confirmation.
Connections
Cross-references (3)
- BKM-Accession 47.120.3 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3485 tier-2
- PNM-Object pnm:83910758 tier-2 (inventory-match)
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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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