BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS

BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS

Mummiform figure of the god of the Underworld, standing with his arms opposied before his chest, holding the crook and the flail, worn off, wearing the ceremonial ‘false’ beard and the Atef crown of Upper Egypt, the original uraeus missing, cheek-bands had inlay, the eyes inlaid with original shell

Ex priv. coll. J.J.M., Netherlands 1950-1992, inherited H.W.S., Neth.
H. 25,4 cm. Brown and green patina. Mounted on wooden stand.

Late Period, 6th-4th cent. BC

G, Steindorff, Catalogue of the Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore 1946, pls. LXVI-LXVII, ns. 376-7 var.