Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Drop pendant
Description
Gold inlaid with lapis lazuli and turquoise
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 faience piece with a drop-like shape.
The artifact is crafted from faience and features a teardrop shape with sections of blue and green, bordered by a gold outline. It demonstrates a refined use of color and material typical of Egyptian decorative art. The composition is simple but elegant, likely intended as part of jewelry or an inlay.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
faiencegold
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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.
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