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LOT 0520
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Statuette
LATE-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
2 3/8 in. (17.5 grams, 62 mm).
A slender standing figure of Osiris in iconic mummiform appearance, wearing the tall conical Atef crown with its flanking ostrich plumes, and central uraeus, a long, internally detailed divine beard, and holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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