Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Bird shaped vase
Description
Faience, Paste, paint
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.
An ancient Egyptian vessel resembling an animal with a spout.
The artifact is a vessel with an animal-shaped spout, likely used for pouring liquids. Its surface shows wear with areas of green patina, indicating exposure to elements over time. The design is simple, reflecting utilitarian use while resembling animal forms.
decorative
unknown
fragmentary
Materials
ceramic
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116280917 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 12.180.30 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546652 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.
- 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.