Egyptian Hapi Canopic Jar

NEW KINGDOM, 19TH DYNASTY, 1292-1189 BC

14" (9.8 kg, 36cm).

A polished alabaster canopic jar with tapering body, separate lid with a human face representing the son of Horus Hapi; incised rectangular panel to the belly of the jar with three columns of hieroglyphic text, placing the vessel under the protection of Nephthys and Hapi.

Provenance

Property of a central London gallery; formerly with Archéologie, Pierre Bergé & Associés, Paris, 26 November 2013, lot 65, sold for €31,250 (inc. bp); previously in a private Israeli collection formed in the 1960s.

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LOT 0005

Egyptian Hapi Canopic Jar

Sold for (Inc. bp): £13,750

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