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Property from a Belgian Private Collection

An Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jar, 26th/30th Dynasty, 664-342 B.C.

Lot Closed

December 8, 04:38 PM GMT

Estimate

1,800 - 2,200 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a Belgian Private Collection

An Egyptian Limestone Canopic Jar

26th/30th Dynasty, 664-342 B.C.


of ovoid form with lid in the form of a head of one of the Four Sons of Horus facing upward, with short square beard, and incised eyebrows and cosmetic lines, the body of the vessel with trace of a black-painted inscription.

Height 18 cm.

French private collection, Rouen, acquired in the 1960s
Daniel Lebeurrier, Galerie Gilgamesh, Paris
acquired by the present owner from the above in 2008