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MIDDLE KINGDOM (2133-1797 B.C.)
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AN EGYPTIAN BRECCIA STONE JAR INSCRIBED FOR THE TRUE HEREDITARY PRINCE SENKHEN(I) ("MAY HE LIVE FOREVER")
MIDDLE KINGDOM (2133-1797 B.C.)
Of ovoid form with narrow rim, a panel with four vertical lines of inscription on each side, and another band of inscription giving the further titles of Senken(i), "beloved of Osiris, chief lector-priest, controller of priests and Sen-priest" around the shoulder, repaired
9 in. (23 cm.) high
MIDDLE KINGDOM (2133-1797 B.C.)
Of ovoid form with narrow rim, a panel with four vertical lines of inscription on each side, and another band of inscription giving the further titles of Senken(i), "beloved of Osiris, chief lector-priest, controller of priests and Sen-priest" around the shoulder, repaired
9 in. (23 cm.) high
Provenance
D. David-Weill collection: sold Hotel Drouot, Paris, 16 June 1971, lot 6.
Exhibited
L'Exposition Égypte-France, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, October-November 1949, no. 145.
Special notice
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