Canopic Jar

LL 5130

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About this object

Creamy yellow Egyptian alabaster; surface has very high polish. Uninscribed. A deposit of a black shiny substance fills the bottom of the interior cavity (and sawdust, presumably remains of a packing material when in storage). Acquired with a human-headed lid of Egyptian alabaster.

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Object specifics

Type

Religion
Culture

Late Period
Artist/Maker
Place made

Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
Date made

664 BC - 332 BC about
Materials

Egyptian Alabaster
Location

Item currently on loan
Acquisition

M11158
Collector

William Hesketh Lever
Place collected

Africa: Northern Africa: Egypt
Date collected

1824 before
Measurements

302 mm x 174 mm
Note

Part of the Lady Lever Art Gallery antiquities collection.
Related people

Anne Adele Hope ( Previous owner); Henry Thomas Hope ( Previous owner); Thomas Hope ( Collector, previous owner); William Hesketh Lever ( Collector, previous owner); Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope ( Previous owner)
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Publications

Lever as a collector of archaeology and as a sponsor of archaeological excavations by Angela Thomas in Journal of the History of Collections 4 no 2 (1992) pp. 267-271
Thomas, Angela

Author: Thomas, Angela
Publisher: Journal of the History of Collections
Date: 1992
Description:
The Lever and Hope Sculptures
Waywell, Geoffrey B

Author: Waywell, Geoffrey B
Publisher: Gebr Mann Verlag
Date: 1986
Description: Thomas Hope's collection of ancient Roman marble sculptures acquired in Italy is regarded as one of the most important ever to have been formed in Britain. This catalogue, by Geoffrey Waywell, contains a detailed account of the Hope collection in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, and also of the many Hope sculptures now in other collections. 163 black and white illustrations.

Events

Christie's Auction House Sale 25 July - 27 July 1917

Start date: 1917-07-25
End date: 1917-07-25
Description: Sale of the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, 8th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne.

Ownership

Previous owners

William Hesketh Lever
Owned from: 1917
How acquired: Purchased
Owned until: 1925
Disposal method: Donation
Henry Francis Pelham-Clinton-Hope
Owned from: 1884
How acquired: Inherited
Owned until: 1917
Disposal method: Sold
Anne Adele Hope
Owned from: 1862
How acquired: Inherited
Owned until: 1884
Disposal method: Bequest
Henry Thomas Hope
Owned from: 1831
How acquired: Inherited
Owned until: 1862
Disposal method: Bequest
Thomas Hope
Owned from: Unknown or unrecorded
How acquired: Unknown or unrecorded
Owned until: 1831
Disposal method: Bequest

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Canopic Jar

LL 5130

Part of

Ancient Egypt collection