CANOPE VASE STOPPER. - Lot 133

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CANOPE VASE STOPPER. - Lot 133
CANOPE VASE STOPPER. This lid, in the shape of a human head wearing a wig, represents Imsety, one of the four sons of Horus and protector of the viscera of the deceased. Alabaster. Significant surface wear. Burnished patina (probably due to a source of high heat). Lack at the bottom of the wig (at the back). H. 13 cm Egypt, Late Period, 664-332 B.C. Provenance Former collection of Marcel Valsuani (year of birth - year of death). In the same family, by descent. Expert : Madame Bianca Massard.
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