Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Hippopotamus figurine
Description
Faience
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 blue faience hippopotamus figurine with detailed painted motifs.
This artifact is a small faience hippopotamus, a popular motif in ancient Egyptian art. The figurine is glazed in a striking turquoise blue, characteristic of Egyptian faience, and features painted motifs, including lotus flowers and other symbolic imagery, reflecting the Nile's flora and fauna. The object's surface shows some wear, indicating age but preserving much of its original color and detail.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116243219 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 66.99.13 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545886 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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