AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR
AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR
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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR

LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
17 ¼ in. (43.9 cm.) high
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with Elie Abemayor, Cairo.
Mina Merrill Prindle (1864-1953), Duluth, MN, acquired from the above, 1922; thence by descent.
Property from the Mina Merrill Prindle Collection; Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 15 December 2016, lot 8.

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Hannah Fox Solomon
Hannah Fox Solomon Head of Department, Specialist

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Canopic jars contained internal organs removed from the body during the mummification process. The jars came in sets of four, one each for the liver, lungs, stomach and intestines. The present example depicts Imsety, guardian of the liver, wearing a wide wig leaving his ears exposed. For a similar example from a complete set, see no. 137 in D’Auria, et al., Mummies & Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt.

Minna Merril Prindle (1864-1963) was a Duluth-based philanthropist and world traveler who played an important role in her city’s cultural life. Her home on Greysolon Road – where this canopic jar was once displayed – was built by John S. Broadstreet’s firm Craftshouse, one of the first companies specializing in Japanese influenced design in the United States. The living room is now exhibited in the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

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