Head of Anubis


Hilton Price Number
HP4237
Current Location
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum Accession Number
1972.1078
Object Types
Sculpture, Statue | Implements and utensils, Mould, Amulet mould
Material
Glass
Measurements
Height: 1¾ inches
Number of Elements
1
Culture
Egyptian
Animal
Jackal
Divine Name
Anubis

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Description

Head of a Jackal (Anubis), in dark blue glass for inlaying, with an enamel eye let in. H. 1¾ in. [From the Count Tyszkiewicz's sale, Paris.]

Bibliography

Price, Frederick George Hilton (1909) A catalogue of the Egyptian antiquities in the possession of F. G. Hilton Price, Dir.S.A. Vol. II. London: Bernard Quaritch. Anonymous (1911). Catalogue of the important and extensive collection of Egyptian antiquities, the property of the late F. G. Hilton-Price, Esq. [...] : which will be sold by auction by Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge [...] on Wednesday, 12th July, 1911, and two following days, and on Monday, the 17th of July, and four following days. London: Davy.

Link To Museum Catalogue
https://collections.mfa.org/objects/164318
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