Lot 1248
Pair of Model Canopic Jars in Limestone. Egypt, Late Dynastic or Ptolemaic, c. 400-200 BC. The jars of short barrel form and rough-carved -- either in the process of being worked, or perhaps in this state where they would have received a finishing coat of stucco or plaster, a trait often seen in sculpture done in Ptolemaic Alexandria. The lids in the form of the jackal-headed Duamutef, and the human-headed Imsety - - both sons of Horus. Both are well carved. Duamutef anchored to his jar, with residues of stucco apparent. That of Imsety unattached, with chipping to the jar. Condition of portraits excellent, with remaining black paint apparent at eyes, brows, and beaded collar on the jackal. Both with faint traces of blue paint on the wigs. Heights: 8-1/2"; 9". Lot of 2 items.
Estimated Value $8,000 - 10,000.
Note Petrie Museum item no. UC29794, a dummy canopic jar of the 20th Dynasty with Duamutef, for similar stubby shape, although somewhat more tapered than those above. It appears that in the Late Period the viscera were sometimes bandaged and returned to the body cavity. Thus a dummy set of canopic jars (which these examples may be) were nevertheless provided to fulfill all the traditional accoutrements of the burial.
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