ANCIENT EGYPTIAN STYLE ALABASTER CANOPIC JAR WITH HAPI LID
£580
Antiquities and African & Oceanic Art
Auction: Antiquities - 31 July 2024 at 2pm
Description
the lid sculpted in the form of a baboon head in depiction of one of the Four Sons of Horus, Hapi, with finely-modelled facial markings; with a cylindrical body swelling at the shoulder, and tapering to a flat base, the interior hollow
Dimensions
20.5cm high
Provenance
Provenance:
From the contents of Great House, Dedham, acquired mid-20th century or earlier
Footnote
Note:
Canopic jars under the protection of Hapi would have commonly held the lungs of the deceased. There would have been a set of four jars, besides Hapi there is human-headed Imsety, falcon-headed Qebehsenuef and jackal-headed Duamutef