Property from a French Private Collection
An Egyptian Banded Alabaster Canopic Jar, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.
Lot Closed
December 8, 04:41 PM GMT
Estimate
7,000 - 10,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from a French Private Collection
An Egyptian Banded Alabaster Canopic Jar
26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.
the lid in the form of the head of the Son of Horus Imsety, guardian of the liver, wearing a long wig, his face with aquiline nose and large eyes beneath prominent arching eyebrows.
Height 38 cm.
French private collection, acquired in Egypt, probably in the 1920s
then by direct descent to the present owner
then by direct descent to the present owner
