Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure w/ Atef Crown
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Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate to Late Dynastic Period, 25th to 31st Dynasty, ca. 744 to 332 BCE. A beautiful figure of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the afterlife, cast from bronze and exhibiting mottled green and russet patina across his regal corpus. Osiris stands with fused legs atop a protruding tenon while holding a striated heka scepter and flagellum in hands placed tightly atop his abdomen. His serene countenance presents with a narrow nose above full lips, ovoid eyes with elongated canthi, perky ears, and a plaited false beard, and surmounting his head is an Atef crown with a pair of lateral ostrich feathers and a frontal uraeus cobra. Size: 1.375" W x 5.125" H (3.5 cm x 13 cm)
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 61.45.
Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000
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Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 61.45.
Provenance: ex-estate of Eldert Bontekoe, Pegasi Numismatics, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, acquired before 2000
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids.
We ship worldwide to most countries and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience.
#158409
Condition
Chips to ostrich feathers and apex of crown as shown. Minute nicks to peripheries of base and high-pointed areas. Casting flaw to lower legs. Tang is missing. Surface is graced by earthen deposits, and gorgeous green patina has developed over the ages.
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Egyptian Bronze Osiris Figure w/ Atef Crown
Estimate $800 - $1,200
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