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PROPERTY FROM THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART SOLD TO BENEFIT THE ACQUISITIONS FUND
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS AMULET
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS AMULET
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Solid cast, depicted mummiform against a back pillar, his fisted hands emerging from his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plaited false beard and a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, on a low integral plinth, a suspension loop on the proper right side of the plinth and between the shoulders on the reverse
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 664-30 B.C.
Solid cast, depicted mummiform against a back pillar, his fisted hands emerging from his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, wearing a plaited false beard and a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, on a low integral plinth, a suspension loop on the proper right side of the plinth and between the shoulders on the reverse
3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Gift of Mrs. William Leon Graves, 1945.
Sale room notice
*Please note that this lot is being sold by an organization which holds a State of New York Exempt Organization Certificate.