An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris, 26th/30th Dynasty, 664-342 B.C.
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December 17, 02:03 PM GMT
Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 GBP
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Description
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris
26th/30th Dynasty, 664-342 B.C.
the god standing on a trapezoidal base, his hands emerging from his cloak and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a broad collar with tassel behind, chevron-incised beard with chin-straps, and the atef-crown with ram horns, the base engraved on two sides with a line of inscription translating "May Osiris give life (to) Penes, son of Herbes."
Height 32 cm.
Galerie Le Corneur-Roudillon, Rue Bonaparte, Paris, 1956 (based on notes by Egyptologist J. J. Clère, who recorded the inscription on May 22nd, 1956; Griffith Institute, Oxford)
private collection, Paris (Drouot, Paris, May 10th, 2006, no. 302)
private collection, Paris (Drouot, Paris, May 10th, 2006, no. 302)