Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · vessel
Canopic jar head of Kay
Description
Linen covered with stucco
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 painted bust of an ancient Egyptian figure with a blue-green headdress.
The artifact is a sculpted and painted bust displaying an ancient Egyptian figure, characterized by a calm expression and a long, blue-green headdress that frames the face. The sculpture is made from painted limestone, with a distinct outline of the face and headdress. The torso is unadorned, featuring a simple cut at the shoulders. The style suggests a focus on symmetry and idealized features typical of ancient Egyptian artistic conventions.
decorative
New Kingdom
good
Materials
limestone
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281566 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 11.150.18d tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546285 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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