"Large Marble Viscera Box - 18th Century Work "
Large Marble Viscera Box In ancient Egypt, canopic vases were intended to receive the embalmed viscera of the deceased. They were made of marble, limestone, alabaster, terracotta, ceramic or earthenware and were placed near the sarcophagus, in the burial chamber of the tomb, on a box or a tank. Work from the 18th Century It was later fixed on a wooden base. Extremely rare collector's item.... 
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