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Description : LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI, 664-525 B.C. Depicted mummiform with the arms crossed at the chest, the tightly-fitted garment painted black in contrast to the bright colors of his face and attributes, including blue, red and green for the bands of the broad collar, its beaded fringe in blue, white for the atef-crown, the plumes blue, green and red with white striations, the face light green with black and white for the eyes, and black for the cosmetic lines, brows and beard, the figure hollowed on the interior, perhaps for the placement of a rolled papyrus, once inserted into the separately-made rectangular base 28 1/4 in. (71.7 cm.) high
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About the lot N° 28
Title : Painted Wood Osiris
Provenance : Anthony J. Drexel, Jr. Collection, assembled in the late 19th century by Emil Brugsch of the Cairo Museum and the Egyptian Antiquities Organization.Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, 1895.Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1916.with Superior Galleries, Los Angeles, 1975.
Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Exhibition catalogue, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 51, pp. 91-92.D.C. Forbes, Harer Collection of Egyptian Antiquities on View at California's Newest Museum, in KMT, vol. 8, no. 1, Spring 1997, p. 23.
Christie's, auctioneer, New York, US It's free to register now to view!
Sale title : Ancient Egyptian Art from the Harer Family Trust Collection
Sale date : 09 Dec 2005 It's free to register now to view!
Sale Reference : Live Sale

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