An Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar
Sale 910 - Antiquities & Ethnographic Art
Nov 18, 2021
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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$30,000 -
50,000
Price Realized
$87,500
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Lot Description
An Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, Reign of Tuthmosis III, 1553-1536 B.C.
Height 11 3/4 inches (30 cm).
Property from the Collection of Pamela Keld, New York, New York
Provenance:
Private Collection, France, 1960s.
Antiquarium Ltd, New York (Ancient Treasures, vol. X, p. 10), 2012.
(with invoice and Art Loss Register no. S00053727)
Note:
This single canopic jar from the reign of Tuthmosis III is still intact with much of its original pigment. The inscription is for a scribe names Apis, reading in five lines: "Oh Selket, (you) have wrapped (your) two arms around. What is in (you) so that (you) may protect Quebehsenuef who is in you, and the one revered before Quebehsenuef, the Osiris, the Scribe, Apis, True of Voice."
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