Lot Essay
For similar lids cf. W. C. Hayes, The Sceptre of Egypt, vol. II, New York, p. 228, fig. 135.
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NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF HATSHEPSUT-TUTHMOSIS I, CIRCA 1490-1402 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN POLYCHROME TERRACOTTA CANOPIC JAR LID
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF HATSHEPSUT-TUTHMOSIS I, CIRCA 1490-1402 B.C.
Finely modelled in the form of human-headed Imsety, one of the Four Sons of Horus, wearing a beard with a curled tip and voluminous wig, the face with outlined eyes, full lips and large ears
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, 18TH DYNASTY, REIGN OF HATSHEPSUT-TUTHMOSIS I, CIRCA 1490-1402 B.C.
Finely modelled in the form of human-headed Imsety, one of the Four Sons of Horus, wearing a beard with a curled tip and voluminous wig, the face with outlined eyes, full lips and large ears
3 ½ in. (9 cm.) high
Provenance
with Maxburg Galerie Antiken, 1970s.
Prof. Wilhelm Kreutzberg collection, Munich, acquired in 1976 from the above.
Prof. Wilhelm Kreutzberg collection, Munich, acquired in 1976 from the above.
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