Oh my...what a glaring error in the original article!
“canopy vases” should read “canopic jars”.
The “canopic Jars” (usually 4 in number) held the mummy’s vital organs which were removed from the body and mummified separately, as they decomposed more rapidly and hasted the destruction of the body.
A “canopy vase” would be a vase on or with a canopy.
And there’s more, looks like a bad case of ESL.