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LOT 0505
Egyptian Bronze Mummiform Osiris Statuette
LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (57 grams, 12.1 cm).
Wearing a tall Atef crown with sun disc and uraeus, arms crossed at the chest, holding the royal crook and flail. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceGifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013).
Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson.
Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, (GHP Egyptology 28), London, 2018, pp.70-71, nos. 82-83, 85, for similar.
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Egyptian Bronze Mummiform Osiris Statuette
Late Period, 664-343 B.C.Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
Wearing a tall Atef crown with sun disc and uraeus, arms crossed at the chest, holding the royal crook and flail. 57 grams, 12.1 cm
Gifted by Herbert Parsons (1870-1940) to his grandson, James Gibson (1926-2013). Inherited by the vendor and her brother, from their grandfather James Gibson.
