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LOT 255996
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
2 3/8 in. (12.7 grams, 60 mm).
Modelled in the half-round in 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; lower legs absent. [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 the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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LOT 255996
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure
Estimate £40 - 60€46 - 70 (for guidance only)$54 - 81 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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