Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · architecture
Fragment of a Glass Bottle
Description
Glass
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 small, ancient Egyptian glass vessel with a blue rim and marbled patterning.
The artifact is a small glass vessel, possibly a beaker or cup, featuring a distinctive marbled pattern in black and white. The rim is highlighted with a striking blue color. This type of glasswork is known for its intricate design and skilled craftsmanship indicative of ancient Egyptian artistry.
decorative
Ptolemaic
excellent
Materials
glass
Connections
Materials
Glass
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116388859 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 26.7.1150a–c tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 548603 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.