A substantial bronze statue of Osiris standing wearing Atef crown of Upper Egypt with lateral ostrich feathers, frontal uraeus, false beard, crossed hands holding crook and flail, standing on a square base; mounted on a marble stand.

PROVENANCE:
Property of a central London gentleman; previously the property of a private UK collector, acquired 2018; from the estate of the late Mr Robert Wilson, a collector and architect from Houston, Texas, reputed to have been in the collection since the 1960s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.163505-10054.

LITERATURE:
Cf. Thomas, A.P., Egyptian Gods and Myths, Aylesbury, 1986, plate 1, a triad of gods from Saqqara.

FOOTNOTES:
Osiris was the greatest of the Egyptian gods and the particular ruler of the Underworld after his murder by his brother, Set.