Lot Essay
See illustration on page ? for item two.
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LATE PERIOD, 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS
LATE PERIOD, 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The mummiform god holding crook and flail, wearing atef-crown with uraeus and ram horns beneath, mounted; and an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti wearing tripartite wig and false beard, holding hoe and mattock and seed bag over left shoulder, with T-shaped hieroglyphic inscription, on integral plinth with back pillar, Late Period, Dynasty XXX, 380-343 B.C.
Both 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (2)
LATE PERIOD, 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The mummiform god holding crook and flail, wearing atef-crown with uraeus and ram horns beneath, mounted; and an Egyptian green glazed composition shabti wearing tripartite wig and false beard, holding hoe and mattock and seed bag over left shoulder, with T-shaped hieroglyphic inscription, on integral plinth with back pillar, Late Period, Dynasty XXX, 380-343 B.C.
Both 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Item two: formerly in the collection of Prof. Dr. Eduard G. Gübelin, Luzern, Switzerland.
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Sale room notice
The illustrations for this lot are on pages 113 and 115 of the printed catalogue.