Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Ceiling painting from the palace of Amenhotep III
Description
Dried Mud, mud plaster, paint, gesso
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 decorative pattern featuring cow heads and spiral motifs.
The image depicts a decorative motif with alternating stylized cow heads and circular spiral patterns. The composition is repetitive and symmetrical, utilizing earthy tones of red, blue, and beige with outlines in black and white accents. The cow heads are rendered with simplified features, giving a stylized and abstract appearance to the art piece.
decorative
unclear
good
Materials
plasterpaint
Cross-references (4)
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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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