Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Hippopotamus figurine
Description
Faience, blue glaze
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 blue faience figurine of a hippopotamus, decorated with black lotus patterns.
This artifact is a small, vibrant blue faience figurine depicting a hippopotamus. The surface is intricately decorated with black lotus floral patterns, a common motif in Egyptian art symbolizing rebirth and regeneration. The figurine is well-formed and detailed, reflecting skilled craftsmanship characteristic of Egyptian faience work.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
good
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281246 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 34.1.169 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546462 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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