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CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF PTAH-SOKER-OSIRIS
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The mummiform god with tripartite wig, wearing a broad wesekh-collar, inscribed with hieroglyphic text on the back pillar and a single column down the front with an offering formula to Osiris, with wood tenon for attachment
16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) high
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The mummiform god with tripartite wig, wearing a broad wesekh-collar, inscribed with hieroglyphic text on the back pillar and a single column down the front with an offering formula to Osiris, with wood tenon for attachment
16 5/8 in. (42.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of the Norwegian abstract expressionist painter, Gunvor Advocaat (1912-1997), and thence by descent to the present owner.
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