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Property from a Princely Collection (Lots 1-74)
Lot 22

An Egyptian painted alabaster canopic jar lid of falcon-headed Qebehsenuef

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4 July 2024, 11:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£15,000 - £20,000

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An Egyptian painted alabaster canopic jar lid of falcon-headed Qebehsenuef
New Kingdom, 19th-20th Dynasty, circa 1292-1075 B.C.
13.5cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
Private collection, France, acquired in Cairo 1943-1944.
with Jean-Loup Despras, Paris.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 18.
Property from a Princely Collection, acquired from the above.

See W.C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt II, New York, 1990, p. 424, fig. 270 for more New Kingdom alabaster canopic jar lids.

Saleroom notices

Please note, the provenance for this lot should read as follows: Emile Brugsch-Pasha (1842-1930) collection, France. Collection Emile Brugsch-Pacha; François de Ricqlès; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 30 September-1 October 1996, lot 504. with Jean-Loup Despras, Paris. Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 6 December 2007, lot 18. Property from a Princely Collection, acquired from the above.

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