Flask in the Form of a Woman
Description
Caption: Flask in the Form of a Woman, ca. 1539–1292 B.C.E.. Clay, pigment, 6 5/16 x 3 x 2 5/16 in. (16 x 7.6 x 5.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 61.49. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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 painted wooden shroud figure depicting a human form with a red body and a black wig.
The artifact is a carved wooden figure displaying a stylized representation of a human wrapped in a shroud. The body is painted in a reddish-brown hue, with a distinct black wig that extends to the shoulders. The figure has a serene expression, typical of Egyptian funerary art, aiming to convey peace in the afterlife. The painting style is simplistic, focusing more on form than intricate details. The piece shows some wear, suggesting age.
Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 61.49 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3707 tier-2
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art.
- 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.