Bowl with fish and lotuses
Description
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1550–1295 B.C. Faience. H. 2.4 × Diam. 7.3 cm (15/16 × 2 7/8 in.). From: Egypt. Credit: Bequest of Nanette B. Kelekian, 2020.
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 turquoise-blue faience bowl with a painted/etched central design of a fish-like figure flanked by lotus-like stems or leaves.
The image shows a circular, shallow faience object with a dark rim and a blue turquoise interior. The central motif depicts a fish-like creature in profile (with a horn/fin-like protrusion and spotted body), rendered in dark outline with darker dot/spot markings. On both sides of the fish, vertical elements with outline contours resemble lotus stalks/leaves, consistent with the catalog description of fish and lotuses. No legible hieroglyphic, Greek, Coptic, or Arabic text is visible. No royal cartouches are present; the imagery is purely decorative/figurative. Surface wear and small dark specks are visible, but the overall motif remains clear.
Connections
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116389593 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 2021.41.55 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 329823 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
About this record's data
- 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.