SAITE PERIOD, LATE 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN FRAGMENTARY BLACK BASALT TORSO OF OSIRIS
SAITE PERIOD, LATE 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
Holding flail and sceptre, wearing broad detailed wesekh collar in low relief, with traces of back pillar and false beard, mounted
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high; stone pedestal mounts 6 in. (15.2 cm.) and 42¼ in. (107.4 cm.) high

Provenance

Sotheby's London, 13 July 1987, lot 163.

Exhibited

Durham University Oriental Museum, July-September 1988.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Further details

END OF MORNING SESSION

The sale continues at 2.30 p.m. with Antiquities, lots 100-276 (see separate catalogue).

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Collectors' Choice, Ancient Egyptian Antiquities from Private Collections in England, Durham, 1988, no. 98.

This lot is accompanied by a certificate from The Art Loss Register.

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