Lot 184
184
A SET OF THE FOUR SONS OF HORUS, namely jackal-headed Duamutef in semi-translucent cobalt blue with inlaid opaque red 'collar'; human-headed Imsety in opaque red with inlaid opaque blue 'collar'; falcon-headed Qebehsenuef in opaque white with opaque blue inlay; and baboon-headed Hapy in opaque turquoise with opaque red inlay

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A SET OF THE FOUR SONS OF HORUS, namely jackal-headed Duamutef in semi-translucent cobalt blue with inlaid opaque red 'collar'; human-headed Imsety in opaque red with inlaid opaque blue 'collar'; falcon-headed Qebehsenuef in opaque white with opaque blue inlay; and baboon-headed Hapy in opaque turquoise with opaque red inlay
4cm. high max.
circa 1st Century B.C. (4)

Lot Essay

Cf. Cooney, 123 and pl I; Five Thousand Years of Glass, pl. 73

Each of the Four Sons 'governed' particular organs; often when a person died his organs were placed in four separate Canopic jars, the lids of which represented the head of each tutelary deity. Likewise on a mummy the blue Duamutef guarded the stomach; red Imsety guarded the liver, white Qebehsenuef guarded the intestines, and turquoise Hapy guarded the lungs

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