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Ancient Egyptian bronze Osiris
Poole, Dorset
£495
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Description
An Egyptian bronze Osiris late period to Ptolemaic period 660B.C.
Depicted mummiform with the arms folded at the chest, his fisted hands emerging from beneath his vestment, holding a crook and a flail, the plumed atef-crown fronted by a uraeus, wearing a plaited false beard, atop a bespoke marble plinth.
Leaded bronze, cast through the lost-wax process.
9 inches high including the 2 inch high plinth
An almost identical example exists at the Harvard Art Museum (Standing Osiris Sculpture) and another was sold at Christie’s (AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE OSIRIS LATE PERIOD TO PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 660B.C.
Cash on Collection from Poole
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