Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue

Falcon figurine from a coffin or box

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Description

Figurine, falcon. Probably Late Period, ca. 664–332 B.C. Wood, gesso, paint. L. 20.3 × W. 8.5 × H. 8.5 cm (8 × 3 3/8 × 3 3/8 in.). From: Egypt. Subject: Falcons. Credit: Museum Accession.

AI image analysis GPT-5.4-nano

Machine-generated from the object's image on Jul 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.

A painted, gessoed Egyptian falcon (mummiform/winged bird) figurine seated on a small base, its body in white and yellow with red and blue patterned plumage on the wings/legs.

The image shows a small sculpted bird posed with head turned to the left and a crest/head marking in black and white. The bird’s face and upper body are predominantly white; the neck or upper chest includes a yellow band. The wings/upper legs are decorated with a red ground and dark blue/black net-like or scale-like patterning, with diagonal feather/incised lines. The figure rests on a flat, roughly rectangular/oval yellowish base. No visible hieroglyphic text or cartouche is apparent on the object in this view. The surface appears painted over a prepared ground (consistent with gesso over wood), with traces of color and patterned detailing typical of coffin/box components in Late Period Egyptian funerary art.

decorative Probably Late Period good
Deities Hor(u)s (falcon-associated deity)
Materials painted gessopaintwood (implied by gesso/figurine construction)

Connections

Deities Horus
Materials PaintPainted Gesso

Cross-references (4)

  • Wikidata-Q Q116386267 tier-1
  • Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • Inventory-Number O.C.954 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
  • MET-Object 553255 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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