Lot Essay
Canopic jars were urns used for holding the entrails of an embalmed body in an ancient Egyptian burial.
OBJECTS OF ART AND FURNITURE
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A PAIR OF TERRACOTTA CANOPIC CANDLESTICKS
Details
A PAIR OF TERRACOTTA CANOPIC CANDLESTICKS
Each in the form of an urn topped by an Egyptian head with nemes headdress, issuing a turned and tapering nozzle
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)
Each in the form of an urn topped by an Egyptian head with nemes headdress, issuing a turned and tapering nozzle
11½ in. (29 cm.) high (2)