Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column

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.

A small, blue faience object shaped like a papyrus column with stacked decorative bands and vertical ribbing.

The image shows a single upright faience piece on a light stand. The object has a fluted, papyrus-like silhouette: a wider top with radiating/segmented ridges, a midsection with incised horizontal bands, and a lower zone with repeated arched/leaf-like motifs separated by linear borders. The surface appears glazed and uniformly deep blue, with molded/cast details rather than painted elements. No clear hieroglyphic inscription panels, cartouches, or readable script are visible; the decorative bands are geometric/ornamental rather than text-bearing. No deities or royal names can be confidently identified from the visible motifs. The provided catalogue identification as a “Kohl Tube Holder in the Form of a Papyrus Column” is broadly consistent with the papyrus-column form, and nothing in the image clearly contradicts it (though the presence of a kohl-tube aperture is not clearly discernible in this view).