Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Upper part of a baboon
Description
Faience, Paste
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.
Fragment of a small blue faience hippopotamus figurine.
This is a fragmentary blue faience sculpture depicting a hippopotamus. The piece is notable for its vibrant blue glaze typical of Egyptian faience work. The figurine is partially damaged, with significant wear evident on the surface. The overall style suggests it may have been used as a decorative object.
decorative
Middle Kingdom
fragmentary
Materials
faience
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280944 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 15.3.8 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546618 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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