Lot Essay
Cf. W. C. Hayes, The Sceptre of Egypt, Part II, Harvard, 1959, p. 228, pl. 135, for similar.
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED POTTERY CANOPIC JAR STOPPER
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY B.C.
The human head with painted striped wig, the eyes with extended black eyeline, mounted
5½ in. (13.4 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 15TH CENTURY B.C.
The human head with painted striped wig, the eyes with extended black eyeline, mounted
5½ in. (13.4 cm.) high
Provenance
German private collection; acquired circa 1965 from the Kropatschek collection, Helgoland, Germany.
Special notice
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