Object Title
Canopic Jar Lid
Creation Date
1980-1760 BCE
Credit Line
Gift of Joseph A. Lewis II and Sofi Lewis
Museum Name
Museum Contact
ashanle@emory.edu
Culture
Country of Origin
Object Type
Materials / Techniques
Object URL
https://collections.carlos.emory.edu/objects/32649/canopic-jar-lid?ctx=f4e9df7b1a3561e29e21c35fe2db2f28c5c96b34&idx=0
Museum's Definition of Antiquity
Older than 100 years
Provenance Information
Ex coll. Sir William Bowmore (1909-2008), Brisbane, Australia, from 1960s. Ex coll. Joseph and Sofi Lewis, United States, purchased from Sue McGovern-Huffman [Sands of Time Antiquities], Washington, DC, April 25, 2008. On loan to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, November 30, 2010 - December 10, 2019.
Exhibition Information
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 2010 - 2019
Publication Information
To our knowledge, this object has never been published.
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Cumulative facts and circumstances
Explain why the object fits the exception set forth above
The Carlos continues to conduct provenance research on this and all objects in our collection.