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Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
8 1/4 in. (811 grams total, 21 cm including stand).
Solid cast mummiform figure standing on an integral plinth; the god cloaked in a tight-fitting shroud, sporting the ostrich-plumed atef crown with uraeus, divine beard, and holding the characteristic crook and flail regalia; traces of gilding remain; mounted on a custom-made display stand.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, 19th century, thence by descent.
Private collection, Neuchâtel.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.12195-222135.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Roeder, G., Ägyptische Bronzefiguren II, Berlin, 1956, pl. 22e, for similar figurine.
FOOTNOTES:
Osiris is a deity who represents death and fertility and is commonly regarded as the quintessential god of rebirth. Though he was once a mortal ruler, as a deceased entity, his domain was the Underworld. Abydos was the primary centre of Osiris’s cult, where a renowned yearly celebration of the god was held.
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