Lot n° 136
Estimation :
1000 - 1500
EUR
Votive statuette of the god Osiris - Lot 136
Votive statuette of the god Osiris
Egypt
Late Period, circa 663-332 B.C.
Bronze
H. 12.9 cm (without tenon)
The standing god is depicted mummiform, his hands emerging from the shroud and placed one in front of the other on his chest. In his right hand, he holds the triple-strapped flagellum, and in his left, the heka hook. He wears the Atef crown, composed of the white Hedjet mitre of Upper Egypt, adorned with the uraeus on the forehead and flanked by an ostrich feather on either side. Osiris is adorned with a false beard, slightly curved at the tip.
Provenance:
- Former private collection Paris, France, acquired in Egypt in the early 20th century by the current owner's grandfather.
Literature :
- Erika Feucht, Vom Nil zum Neckar, Heidelberg, 1986
- G. Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin 1956
- S. Schoske & D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, Mainz 1992
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