Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Handle of a Cosmetic Spoon in the Form of a Leopard
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster)
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.
The artifact is an elongated figure depicting a reclining animal, possibly a lioness, crafted from a translucent stone.
The artifact is a stylized, elongated figure likely representing a lioness, characterized by its smooth, curved lines and minimalist detail. The material appears to be stone, possibly alabaster or a similar translucent mineral. The composition focuses on sleek elegance, with the animal's head resting on its front paws, creating a sense of repose. Notable features include the delicate carving and the way the material captures light.
decorative
unclear
good
Materials
stone
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- 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.