Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Model Lotus Flower
Description
Painted and plastered wood
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 lotus flower-shaped object, possibly a scepter or ceremonial item.
The object appears to be shaped like a lotus flower, an important symbol in ancient Egyptian art and culture. It is crafted from a material resembling either bronze or painted wood, characterized by sharp, angular petals with a brownish-red hue. There are visible areas of white patina or surface wear. The object's simplicity suggests a ceremonial or decorative purpose.
decorative
unknown
good
Materials
woodbronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116244490 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 25.3.282 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545284 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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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.