ID 1472695
Lot 11 | A SET OF FOUR EGYPTIAN ALABASTER CANOPIC JARS FOR KHAKARE
Estimate value
$ 120 000 – 180 000
LATE PERIOD, 26TH DYNASTY, 664-525 B.C.
15 3/8 in. (39 cm.) high (Falcon-headed Kebehsenuef)
Provenance
with The Merrin Gallery, New York.
Private Collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above, 1980; thence by descent to the current owner.
Literature
M. Page-Gasser and A.B. Weise, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, Mainz, 1997, pp. 249-250, no. 164.
K. Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit, vol. IV, pt. 2, Die 26. Dynastie, Wiesbaden, 2014, pp. 964-965, no. 402.
L. Díaz-Iglesias Llanos, Naref and Osiris Naref: A Study in Herakleopolitan Religious Traditions, vol. 3, Berlin, 2017, pp. 152, 243-244, no. SP-M2.
Exhibited
Antikenmuseum Basel and Sammlung Ludwig and Geneva, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Ägypten: Augenblicke der Ewigkeit, 18 March 1997-11 January 1998.
| Medium: | Alabaster, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Medium: | Alabaster, Stone |
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| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Historical era: | Late Period of Ancient Egypt |
| Place of origin: | Ancient Egypt, Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Address of auction |
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