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LOT 0407

Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure

LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.

2 5/8 in. (16.17 grams, 68 mm).

Standing pose wearing the atef crown with flanking ostrich plumes and frontal uraeus; holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia in his crossed hands; peg to underside of feet; repaired. [No Reserve]

Provenance

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

Literature

Cf. Roeder, G., Ägyptische Bronzefiguren II, Berlin, 1956, pl. 20g, for a more elaborate example.

CONDITION
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LOT 0407

Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure

Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)

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£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*

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