Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · other
Cosmetic Spoon in the Shape of Swimming Woman Holding a Dish
Description
Travertine (Egyptian alabaster), steatite
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 figure of a woman with extended arms on a bird-like body.
The artifact depicts a woman with detailed human features including hair and a serene expression, seamlessly integrated onto a bird-like body with extended arms that suggest flight. The style and composition suggest a blend of human and animal form, possibly symbolizing a transitional or mythical state.
decorative
unknown
excellent
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
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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.