Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Cosmetic Dish in the Shape of a Trussed Duck
Description
Hippopotamus ivory (tinted)
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.
An ancient Egyptian artifact depicting a duck, likely an ointment vessel.
The artifact is a finely carved vessel in the shape of a duck, characterized by careful attention to detail in the sculpting of its body and head. The contrasting colors highlight the natural features, with darker detailing on the head, tail, and wings. Its small size and delicate crafting suggest it might have been used for holding precious substances like ointments or perfumes.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
ivory
Connections
Materials
Ivory
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116251814 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 40.2.2a, b tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 544090 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.