Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Shallow bowl with a recurved rim
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.
A finely crafted chalcedony bowl.
The image depicts a beautifully crafted bowl made from banded chalcedony. It features smooth, flowing lines with a slightly flaring rim. The natural banding of the chalcedony creates an aesthetic visual effect, showcasing the artisan's skill in working with this semi-precious stone common in ancient Egyptian art.
decorative
unclear
excellent
Materials
chalcedony
Connections
Materials
Chalcedony
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116252358 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 10.176.158 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 543887 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.