An Egyptian Alabaster Canopic Jar Lid, early 18th Dynasty, circa 1540-1400 B.C.

wearing a short beard and wide striated wig, his broad face with full lips and large wide-set eyes with finely-tapered upper lids; together with an Egyptian alabaster section of a canopic jar (?), on which the lid has long rested in modern times.

Sir Edward Stewart, K.B.E. (1847-1948), London (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, November 9th-10th, 1921, no. 222)
Japanese Private Collection, probably acquired circa 1970s-1980s

Generally good, surface a bit worn, end of nose chipped, tiny nicks and abrasions, minor imperfections in the stone. The section of a canopic jar (?) with which it is associated has a few chips, old scratches and imperfections. The lid has been recently and professionally cleaned of modern grime perhaps caused by smoke, the section of the jar has been left as is.
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Compare the lid on the canopic jar of Userhat (Valley of the Kings, Tomb KV 45), now in the Semitic Museum at Harvard University.