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LOT 0480
Egyptian Bronze Osiris Statuette
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
2 3/4 in. (16.5 grams, 69 mm).
Standing mummiform figure, wearing the conical Atef crown with flanking ostrich plumes and frontal uraeus, holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia; minor chip to the crown. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Constable collection, 1990s.
Ex P. Morris collection.
Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, GHP Egyptology 28, London, 2018, p. 83, no. 110 (UC 8022B), for a similar example from Coptos.
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Opening Bid: £900
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