Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Drinking Cup
Description
Glassy faience, gold
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 colorful faience jar with an intricate geometric pattern and a gold rim.
The artifact is a pottery jar composed of faience with vibrant blue, red, and turquoise swirls across its surface, suggesting a complex manufacturing process. The rim is ornately finished with gold, indicating the object's potential ceremonial use or belonging to someone of status. The craftsmanship reflects artisanal skill, with a symmetrical and balanced form.
decorative
Islamic
excellent
Materials
faiencegold
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246299 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1175 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544860 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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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.