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拍品專文
Models of the equipment used in the ceremony of the 'Opening of the Mouth' have been found in tombs of the 5th and 6th Dynasties. This ceremony took place during the funerary process, both on the mummy and statues of the deceased. The ritual restored the deceased's sensorial faculties, so that they could regain the power to breathe and speak, as well as to eat and drink the offerings which would be provided for them. The vases would have contained purifying liquids and the cups would have been used to pour libations.
For similar, cf. S. H. d'Auria et al., Mummies and Magic, the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, no. 11, pp. 80-81; W. C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, vol. I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1953, pp. 117-118, fig. 70; and Le Don du Nil, Zurich, 1978, pp. 31-2, no. 109.
For similar, cf. S. H. d'Auria et al., Mummies and Magic, the Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1988, no. 11, pp. 80-81; W. C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, vol. I, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1953, pp. 117-118, fig. 70; and Le Don du Nil, Zurich, 1978, pp. 31-2, no. 109.