EXEPTIONAL LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS

EXEPTIONAL LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF OSIRIS

Mummiform figure of the god of the Underworld, standing with his arms crossed before his chest, holding the crook and the flail, wearing the Atef crown of Upper Egypt decorated with a long stretched uraeus, traces of gilding in the originally inlaid eyes.

Ex priv. coll. J.J.M., Netherlands 1950-1992, inherited H.W.S., Neth.
H. 52 cm. Retouched in places, underside base repair. Mounted.

Saite Period, 26th Dyn., c. 664-525 BC

Cf. G, Steindorff, Catalogue of the Egyptian Sculpture in the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore 1946, pls. LXVI, no 379 var; G. Roeder, Egyptische Bronzefiguren, Berlin 1956, Tf. l 25f and Tf. 27a-d var.