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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
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A LARGE EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
The standing mummiform god, solid cast, wearing the plumed atef-crown with central uraeus, a false plaited beard and a broad beaded collar, carrying a crook and flail in his crossed hands, with finely detailed facial features, the eyes and brows outlined with inlaid blue glass, the almond-shaped eyes recessed for inlays (now missing), a tenon below the feet for insertion, mounted
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high excl. tenon
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 7TH-6TH CENTURY B.C.
The standing mummiform god, solid cast, wearing the plumed atef-crown with central uraeus, a false plaited beard and a broad beaded collar, carrying a crook and flail in his crossed hands, with finely detailed facial features, the eyes and brows outlined with inlaid blue glass, the almond-shaped eyes recessed for inlays (now missing), a tenon below the feet for insertion, mounted
13¾ in. (35 cm.) high excl. tenon
Provenance
Formerly in a French private collection, prior to 1970.
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