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AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD OSIRIS

Description : AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD OSIRIS THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXII, 1070-712 B.C. Depicted mummiform with the arms folded over the chest, the hands fisted, the surface painted black, with details in yellow including the agricultural implements, the broad collar, the striations of the tripartite wig and a column of hieroglyphic text along the front, possibly with a priestly title "prophet," a rectangular mortise at the top of the head for insertion of a crown 11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 21
Title : AN EGYPTIAN PAINTED WOOD OSIRIS
Provenance : Reuven Nikolaev Genov, Austria, 1939.
Notes : For a similar figure of Osiris, its base once concealing a scroll, see p. 35 in Taylor and Strudwick, Mummies, Death and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Treasures from the British Museum.
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Sale title : ANTIQUITIES
Sale date : 09 Dec 2008 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale
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