Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Marsh-Bowl
Description
Faience, 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.
A blue-glazed faience bowl with intricate geometric patterns.
The artifact is a circular bowl crafted from blue-glazed faience, featuring complex geometric and possibly floral designs etched on its interior surface. The glaze exhibits an uneven, yet vivid azure hue, characterizing the artistic style typical of decorative ware. The composition suggests skilled craftsmanship, and the bowl likely served a decorative or ceremonial purpose.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116245329 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 36.3.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545124 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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