Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

Ancient Sculpture and Works of Art

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Property from an American Private Collection

An Egyptian Bronze Figure of Osiris, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 B.C.

VAT reduced rate

Auction Closed

December 5, 03:41 PM GMT

Estimate

3,000 - 5,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

of slender form standing with his hands emerging from his cloak and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a long braided beard and the atef-crown with uraeus and ostrich plumes resting on ram horns.

Height 24.6 cm.  

Jacques Schulman, Amsterdam, sale no. 214, 1978

private collection, Amsterdam, acquired from the above on November 4th, 1978

European private collection (Sotheby’s, New York, December 15th, 2016, no. 23, illus.)

acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Published

Sotheby's, London, July 7th, 2023, no. 229, illus.