Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Fragments of a vase in the form of a woman holding a basket
Description
Pottery, paint
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.
Fragmentary ancient Egyptian art pieces with painted decoration.
The image shows three fragments of a broken artifact, possibly a vase or statue. The largest piece features a stylized human face with a painted headdress, indicative of artistic techniques used in ancient Egypt. The other two fragments display geometric or linear patterns, likely part of the overall decorative scheme. The coloring is predominantly dark red and brown on a lighter background, suggesting the use of mineral-based pigments.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
ceramic
Connections
Materials
Ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245756 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 1992.347a–c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545032 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.
- Approximate location — most map points are plotted at the site centroid, not the exact findspot.
- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.