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. 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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