Canopic jar lid
1820–1740 B.C.
Object PlaceEgypt
Medium/TechniqueIndurated limestone
DimensionsHeight x diameter: 16.5 x 17.8 cm (6 1/2 x 7 in.)
Credit LineMuseum purchase with funds from the Egyptian Curator's Fund, anonymous gifts, and donated by Janet Maffei, Jonathan and Judy Keyes, Paul Chapman, Philippa D. Shaplin, Zareen Taj Mirza, David and Linda DiCecco, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Butts, Jr.
Accession number2008.640
On View
On viewClassificationsTomb equipment
Collections
ProvenanceLate 1940s, said to have been purchased in Paris, probably at Hôtel Drouot, by a private collector [see note]; passed by descent to his widow, Palm Beach, FL; December 6, 2006, anonymous (consigned by a Palm Beach private collection) sale, Sotheby's, New York, lot 66, to Rupert Wace Ancient Art, London; 2008, sold by Rupert Wace Ancient Art to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 17, 2008)
NOTE: According to information in the 2006 Sotheby's catalogue.
NOTE: According to information in the 2006 Sotheby's catalogue.
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