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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GESSO-PAINTED WOOD FIGURE OF PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The mummiform god standing wearing tripartite wig, a tenon to support a missing feather crown above, traces of gold on the face, wearing a broad wesekh-collar and with traces of an inscribed column of hieroglyphs below, the rectangular base painted in red, blue and green on all sides with a frieze of alternating ankh (life) and two was (dominion)-sceptres in between zigzag borders
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The mummiform god standing wearing tripartite wig, a tenon to support a missing feather crown above, traces of gold on the face, wearing a broad wesekh-collar and with traces of an inscribed column of hieroglyphs below, the rectangular base painted in red, blue and green on all sides with a frieze of alternating ankh (life) and two was (dominion)-sceptres in between zigzag borders
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the Joseph Chaya collection, formed prior to 1975.
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