Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel

Jar stand

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Description

pottery

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 tall, red, pottery stand with a flared base and top.

The artifact is a pottery stand exhibiting a smooth surface with a flared base and top, indicative of an Egyptian ceramic style. Its red coloration suggests it was made using Nile silt clay, which was commonly used in Egyptian pottery. The form is both functional and aesthetically pleasing, typically used to support vessels or other objects.

decorative unknown good
Materials clay

Connections

Found at Asasif
Materials Clay

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116280453 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number 32.3.225 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 546992 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.