Lot 281 | A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. CANOPUS VASE.

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A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. CANOPUS VASE.

A ROMAN CARNELIAN INTAGLIO. CANOPUS VASE.

1st - 2nd century A.D.

13x15x4 mm

The god Osiris is presented in a canopic jar, wearing the atef crown and facing left. Groundline. Wear marks.

Provenance: The Gustave Mustaki collection, exported from Egypt under licence c.1950 and gifted to Elsa MacLellan, his daughter, thence by descent.