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Description : A GROUP OF EGYPTIAN BRONZE ITEMS Including six figures of Osiris, each in typical mummiform posture, 6.2cm-13cm high, two snake bracelets, with overlapping terminals, 5.3cm-10.2cm diam, and two ancient bronze handle fragments, 10cm-11.5cm long, and a bronze figure of Thoth as a baboon, Not Ancient, 6.3cm high, (11) Provenance: Frederick Allan Downes (1898-1974) collection, UK, formed in the first half of the 20th Century, and thence by descent to Peter Allan Downes (1921-1984) and the present owner. Frederick Allan Downes was an airship officer in the first World War, who went on to work in India on the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railways. During the second World war he served as Squadron leader Technical Branch, RAF. The collection was added to by his son, Peter Allan Downes, RN.

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About the lot N° 199
Title : Group Of Egyptian Bronze Items
Notes : Antiquities

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