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A Steatite Figure of Osiris, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
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Description
- A Steatite Figure of Osiris
- Height from modern base 16 1/4 in. 41.3 cm.
standing against a back pillar on a trapezoidal base rounded in front and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a chevron-engraved beard and the atef-crown with uraeus, his face with long philtrum, broad slightly upturned nose, and long eyebrows and cosmetic lines in relief.
Provenance
Frank Elbert Compton (1874-1950), Chicago
by inheritance to the previous owner, Oregon
acquired by the present owner in 2004
by inheritance to the previous owner, Oregon
acquired by the present owner in 2004
Catalogue Note
Frank E. Compton, who founded Compton's Encyclopedia in Chicago in 1922, traveled to Egypt in the 1920s.