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An Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar

Sale 910 - Antiquities & Ethnographic Art

Nov 18, 2021 10:00AM CT

Live / Chicago

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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."