Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Jar with Motifs of Plants and Water
Description
Pottery, paint (Decorated ware)
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 decorated ancient Egyptian pottery vessel with geometric patterns.
The pottery vessel is adorned with geometric designs rendered in a dark pigment on a light clay body. These patterns include concentric circles and spirals, which are characteristic of certain Predynastic motifs. The vessel's shape is rounded with a wide body and a narrow neck.
decorative
Predynastic
excellent
Materials
clay
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116277023 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 99.4.137 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547243 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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