170 EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE CANOPIC JAR, LID CARVED TO REPRESENT IMSETY, son of Horus and guardian of the liver. The cylindrical vessel with traces of hieroglyphics; facial details painted in black. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. H. 12 1/4 in. (31.1 cm.) Ex private English collection, acquired in Egypt in the late 19th century.
Egyptian Stone Sculptures an d Relief s 167 EGYPTIAN OLD KINGDOM LIMESTONE RELIEF OF AN OFFERTORY PROCESSION Depicted in low relief are five bearers walking to the left, each carrying a butchered animal offering; the feet of another procession in the register above remaining. Saqqara, Vth Dynasty, ca. 2520-2350 BC. H. 4 3/4 in. (12 cm.); W. 23 1/4 in (59 cm.) Ex Collection of Prince Murat, Naples; acquired by the Singer collection, ca. 1980; collection of Mme. F., Nice, France. Acquired at the Drouot, Paris, July 2005. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVII, 2006, no. 167. 168 EGYPTIAN NEW KINGDOM LIMESTONE DEEP BUST OF A DIGNITARY OR SCRIBE wearing a striated wig and a tight sheath-like garment. His left hand, clutching a palette, is raised to his breast. Dynasty XVIII, ca. 1540-1292 BC. H. 6 7/8 in. (17 cm) Ex French collection. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XX, 2009, no. 170. 169 EGYPTIAN LARGE GLAZED GREEN STEATITE SEKHMET seated on an openwork throne with a figure of Bes depicted on either side, holding the was scepter bent across her lap. Late Dynastic, 664-342 BC. H. 4 in. (10.2cm.) Ex French collection assembled in the 1950s and 60s. Very fine style. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVIII, 2007, no. 204. Choice!
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171 EGYPTIAN GRAYISH-GREEN SCHIST STRIDING RAM-HEADED GOD, probably Khnum-Re or Khnum-Re-Herakhty, wearing the hemhem crown and holding a flail in his right hand. Nubia, XXVth Dynasty, 747-712 BC. H. 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm.) Ex Jean-Marie Talleux Collection, Grand Fort Philippe, France; J.F. collection, Mercer Island, Washington. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol. IX, 1997, no. 181. 172 EGYPTIAN LIMESTONE SCULPTOR’S MODEL: AN OWL carved in high relief. Ptolemaic Period, 305-30 BC. H. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm.) Fine style. Ex J.M.E. collection, New York, acquired from D. Zimmerman, Geneva, in April 1987.
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