Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Mechanical Dog
Description
Ivory (elephant), paint
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 carved and polished depiction of a leaping dog, possibly a greyhound, crafted from ivory.
The artifact is a small, intricately carved figure of a leaping dog, most likely a greyhound, showing elegant and stylized features. It appears to be made from ivory, with smooth surfaces and precise detailing to highlight muscle tone and posture, typical of Egyptian artistic style. It is likely that this piece served a decorative or symbolic purpose, possibly as part of a larger object or as an amulet.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
ivory
Connections
Materials
Ivory
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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