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PROPERTY FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Solid cast, depicted mummiform, his fisted hands emerging from his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing an incised broad collar, a plaited false beard and a plumed atef-crown supported by ram horns and fronted by a uraeus, on a low integral plinth, a tenon below for insertion
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high excluding tenon
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Solid cast, depicted mummiform, his fisted hands emerging from his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing an incised broad collar, a plaited false beard and a plumed atef-crown supported by ram horns and fronted by a uraeus, on a low integral plinth, a tenon below for insertion
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high excluding tenon
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. William Leon Graves, 1945.
Sale room notice
*Please note that this lot is being sold by an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization Certificate.