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Lot 24

An Egyptian limestone canopic jar lid

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian limestone canopic jar lid
Third Intermediate Period-Late Period, circa 1069-332 B.C.
In the form of the jackal-headed Duamutef, shown with long pointed ears and pronounced slender snout, the narrowed eyes with outlines and pupils painted black, 13.5cm high

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Provenance:
Property from a deceased collector, Morayshire, Scotland.

For a similar Duamutef lid, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, acc. no. 90.6.31. Jackal-headed Duamutef presided over the canopic jar which held the stomach of the deceased, and was protected by Neith.

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