Large Egyptian Canopic Jar Lid with the Falcon Headed Qebehsenuef, Egypt, c. 400 B.C.

(Canopic Jar Head-Lid)

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Item No.
29.35328
Culture
Egypt, c. 400 B.C. 
Item Details.
One of the four sons of Horus, in the form of falcon-headed Qebehsenuef with typical articulated facial details. He is the protector of the intestines. In turn, he was protected by the Goddess Isis, associated with fertility and germination of crops.

Provenance: London auction from a Jerusalem collector, inherited from his father who acquired it in the 1970s.

Display stand included

Size
10.9 cm H - 4 5/16 inches
Material
Limestone 
Condition
Intact 
Categories
Egypt
Price.
US$ 4800
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