Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Body of a sphinx
Description
Greenish faience
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 faience artifact depicting the forepart of a recumbent lion.
The artifact is a fragment of a sculpture made from faience, depicting the forepart of a lion in a recumbent position. It exhibits a masterful use of faience to capture the muscular form and elegance of a lion. The surface shows a greenish-blue glaze, typical of Egyptian faience, with visible wear consistent with the artifact's age. The breakage suggests it was once part of a larger piece.
decorative
New Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116246148 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1990.25 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544914 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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