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LOT 0600
Large Egyptian Painted Wooden Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure
NEW KINGDOM, CIRCA 12TH CENTURY B.C. OR LATER
13 5/8 in. (460 grams, 34.5 cm).
Mummiform figure wearing a long lappet wig, with traces of blue and white pigment; a hole in the top of the head, likely to accept a separately fashioned headdress.
Provenancewith a privately curated collection, 1980s-early 2000s.
From the private collection and estate of Christine Simons (1943-2025), West Midlands, UK.
Cf. Seipel, W., Ägypten. Götter, Gräber und die Kunst – 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube, Linz, 1989, pp. 162-165, nos. 128-131, for examples of complete Ptah-Sokar-Osiris statuettes.
FootnotesInitially representing Osiris, this statuette type gradually merged with the Memphite deity Ptah-Sokar. It became a common grave good in the Late Period and the Graeco-Roman era. It was typically depicted standing on a long, rectangular base, wearing a tall, distinctive crown of two large, opposing feathers, with a sun disc on the lower front and ram's horns beneath. The recess in the crown of the present example was likely intended to accommodate this crown.
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LOT 0600
Large Egyptian Painted Wooden Ptah-Sokar-Osiris Figure
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£400 (EUR 464; USD 540) +BP*
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Opening Bid: £5
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Opening Bid: £5
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Late Period, 664-332 B.C.Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Bulbous poppy-head with loop at the apex. 1.5 grams, 19 mm
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