BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS ENTHRONED

BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS ENTHRONED

Mummiform figure of the god of the Underworld seated on a throne, his arms crossed before his chest, in his right hand holding the crook and in his left the flail, hanging partly over his right arm; he is wearing the Atef crown of Upper Egypt decorated with uraeus and striated side feathers, a ceremonial ‘false’ beard beneath his chin; small tang.

Ex priv. coll. J.J.M., Netherlands 1950-1992, inherited H.W.S., Neth.
H. 22,5 cm. Surface worn, tip of left feather missing. Dark patina

Late Period, 6th-4th cent. BC

With original ticket of Sotheby’s London, 10 July 1992 lot 579
Cf. G, Steindorff, Egyptian Sculpture, Baltimore 1946, no.381, pl. LXVIII