Lot Essay
Formerly in the Warren Stratford Travers collection, acquired in the 1960s-1970s.
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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE FIGURE OF OSIRIS
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The standing mummiform god wearing atef-crown with uraeus, ears showing below, holding crook and flail, back pillar with traces of incised column of hieroglyphs
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
The standing mummiform god wearing atef-crown with uraeus, ears showing below, holding crook and flail, back pillar with traces of incised column of hieroglyphs
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
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