Two Egyptian limestone canopic jars and two Egyptian canopic jar lids of Hapy
Third Intermediate-Late Period, circa 1069-332 B.C.
The jars of ovoid form with flattened rim and base, the shorter with a panel of four vertical bands of text in black on the front, naming the canopic deity, Duamutef, and asking for protection for the deceased, named Hor; the lids in the form of the baboon-headed god Hapy, one of marble and one of limestone, each with carved eyebrows and pronounced snout, 23.7cm, 20cm, 11.5cm and 10.8cm high respectively (4)注脚Provenance:
Larger canopic jar: Private collection, UK.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 26 April 2001, lot 165.
Smaller canopic jar: Louis Myers collection.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 30th April 1996, lot 253.
Limestone lid: Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 26 April 2001, lot 165.
Marble lid: Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired in the 1970s.