Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Marsh Bowl
Description
Faience
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 blue faience bowl with lotus flower designs and central geometric patterns.
The artifact is a deep blue faience bowl featuring multiple stylized lotus flowers radiating from a central geometric pattern. The composition emphasizes symmetry and balance, characteristic of decorative Egyptian art. The surface shows wear consistent with age, but the colors remain vibrant.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116276581 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.905 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 547609 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.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.