Lot Essay
For other painted alabaster canopic jars of the late New Kingdom see fig. 270, p. 423 in Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, Part II.
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NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR LID
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Depicting the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, with a triangular beak and bulging eyes, painted with encaustic, including a striated wig, collar, facial markings, eyes, lashes and pupils, the inset cylindrical stopper once corresponding to the opening of the now-missing jar
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
NEW KINGDOM, DYNASTY XIX-XX, 1307-1070 B.C.
Depicting the falcon-headed Qebehsenuef, with a triangular beak and bulging eyes, painted with encaustic, including a striated wig, collar, facial markings, eyes, lashes and pupils, the inset cylindrical stopper once corresponding to the opening of the now-missing jar
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
French Private Collection, acquired in Cairo 1943-1944.
with Jean-Loup Despras, Paris.
with Jean-Loup Despras, Paris.