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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXV, 712-657 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXV, 712-657 B.C.
Massive in scale, the god depicted mummiform, his fisted hands emerging from beneath his shroud, right over left, holding a crook and a flail, the notched handles perhaps once inlaid, wearing a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, the chin beard plaited, the details of the plume, uraeus and beard incised
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXV, 712-657 B.C.
Massive in scale, the god depicted mummiform, his fisted hands emerging from beneath his shroud, right over left, holding a crook and a flail, the notched handles perhaps once inlaid, wearing a plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, the chin beard plaited, the details of the plume, uraeus and beard incised
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high
Provenance
A Northamptonshire Lady (U.K.), acquired prior to 1980.
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 29 April 2009, lot 84.
Anonymous sale; Bonham's, London, 29 April 2009, lot 84.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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