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LOT 0031
Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Osiris
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 in. (47.3 grams, 76 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, holding the crook (heka) and flail (nekhakha) regalia; suspension loop on the reverse.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1970s.
Private collection, UK.
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