Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · jewelry
Openwork bead
Description
Faience
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 faience object resembling a perforated bead or amulet with intricate designs.
The object appears to be a finely crafted faience artifact, potentially a bead or amulet. It features a complex openwork design with a series of interlocking patterns and possibly stylized motifs. The colors are predominantly blue and brown, typical of faience work in ancient Egypt, known for its glazed finish. The craftsmanship suggests attention to detail, highlighting the skill involved in its production.
decorative
New Kingdom
excellent
Materials
faience
Connections
Materials
Faience
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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.
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