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PROPERTY FROM A WEST COAST COLLECTION
FOUR EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURES
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
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FOUR EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURES
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Including a standing Osiris, depicted mummiform with the arms folded at the chest, his fisted hands emerging from beneath his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, and a plaited chin beard; a seated nude Harpokrates, his feet together on an integral plinth, his left hand extended out, his right arm bent acutely with the forefinger raised to his lips, wearing a Double Crown and the side lock of youth; a goddess or a queen, standing on an integral plinth, a tenon below, her arms along her sides with the palms inward, wearing a tightly-fitted ankle-length sheath, armbands and bracelets and a striated tripartite wig, the remains of her now-missing attribute above; and an Anubis, the jackal-headed deity striding forward on an integral plinth, a tenon below, his fisted hands at his sides, clad in a pleated belted kilt and a striated tripartite wig
Osiris: 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high (4)
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Including a standing Osiris, depicted mummiform with the arms folded at the chest, his fisted hands emerging from beneath his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, and a plaited chin beard; a seated nude Harpokrates, his feet together on an integral plinth, his left hand extended out, his right arm bent acutely with the forefinger raised to his lips, wearing a Double Crown and the side lock of youth; a goddess or a queen, standing on an integral plinth, a tenon below, her arms along her sides with the palms inward, wearing a tightly-fitted ankle-length sheath, armbands and bracelets and a striated tripartite wig, the remains of her now-missing attribute above; and an Anubis, the jackal-headed deity striding forward on an integral plinth, a tenon below, his fisted hands at his sides, clad in a pleated belted kilt and a striated tripartite wig
Osiris: 4½ in. (11.4 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Osiris: with Charles Ede, London, 1978.
Harpokrates: Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1978, lot 380.
with Joel. L. Malter, Encino, California, 1978.
Goddess or Queen: Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 19 May 1979, lot 23.
Anubis: Belonging to a Midwestern Museum, Sold by Order of the Trustees; Parke-Bernet Galleries, 15 May 1958, no. 44.
Property of the Lannan Foundation; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 19 May 1979, lot 239.
Harpokrates: Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 21 November 1978, lot 380.
with Joel. L. Malter, Encino, California, 1978.
Goddess or Queen: Anonymous sale; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 19 May 1979, lot 23.
Anubis: Belonging to a Midwestern Museum, Sold by Order of the Trustees; Parke-Bernet Galleries, 15 May 1958, no. 44.
Property of the Lannan Foundation; Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 19 May 1979, lot 239.
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