Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art Part II
Property from an English Private Collection
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris, 21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.
Lot Closed
December 8, 04:39 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Property from an English Private Collection
An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris
21st/22nd Dynasty, 1075-716 B.C.
seated and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a braided beard, broad beaded collar, and the atef-crown with uraeus and ram’s horns surmounted by uraei, the plumes with indications of inlay, his face with large almond-shaped eyes and long eyebrows formerly inlaid.
Height 31 cm.
private collection, Switzerland, acquired in the 1960s, and thence by descent