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LOT 0536
Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
6 1/8 in. (295 grams total, 15.7 cm high including stand).
Modelled in the round, wearing the white crown and a divine beard, with arms bent and hands clasped knuckle-to-knuckle, holding Osiris's royal regalia - the crook and flail; accompanied by a typed inventory; mounted on a custom-made stand with an old handwritten label on the underside 'Osiris (Judge of the Dead) Solid Bronze B.C. 1600. Lord Grenfell's Collection'. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Lord Grenfell's (1896-1926) collection, UK.
From the estate of a deceased Sussex private collector.
Accompanied by an original typed 'List of Egyptian Relics' in which this object is listed as no.1.
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LOT 0536
Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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New Kingdom-Late Period, circa 1100-500 B.C.Estimate: £700 - 900 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £365
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Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
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Egyptian Sandstone Offering Table Fragment
Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Fragment of a rectangular offering table with incised drainage channels forming a segmented surface, creating a spout at the top end and feeding channels around a central raised panel, bearing incised depictions of two circular loaves flanked by beer jugs; the underside dressed. 1.62 kg, 21.5 cm
Acquired in April 1963. From the private collection of Peter Clayton, FCILIP, Dip, Arch, FSA, FRNS, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, UK; formed since the late 1950s. Accompanied by an old handwritten identification card written by Peter Clayton.
Offering tables shaped like the hieroglyphic sign for a mat with a loaf of bread, meaning “offering,” were common throughout much of dynastic history and were essential to the funerary cult. They were usually placed near the deceased's tomb, in an offering niche or chapel. If the cult ceased to function, the carved images of food and drink on the table served as magical substitutes, ensuring the continued sustenance and survival of the deceased's ka, or spirit.
