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THBPublished Egyptian Bronze Osiris Iah Figure, ex Bonhams
Lot 16
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, 26th Dynasty, ca. 664 to 525 BCE. A fine cast-bronze statue of an enthroned Osirus-Iah, a combination of Osiris - the god of the underworld - and Iah - an older deity of the moon that was replaced in popularity during the New Kingdom by the gods Thoth and Khonsu. The mummiform god presents in a seated pose as if atop a throne with his phallus exposed, grasping a crook and flail, and feet placed on an integral plinth. His tripartite wig with adorned with a frontal uraeus cobra and is surmounted by a sun disk nestled within a crescent moon. A rare syncretistic form of Osiris as the moon god. Size: 1.125" W x 3.875" H (2.9 cm x 9.8 cm); 5.125" H (13 cm) on included custom stand.
Published: J. Eisenberg. "Art of the Ancient World." Vol. XXVIII, 2017, no. 149
Cf. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 1971.272.15
Provenance: ex-private French collection; ex-Bonhams, London, November 2010
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Display stands not described as included/custom in the item description are for photography purposes only and will not be included with the item upon shipping.
#165066Minor abrasions to plinth, body, and head, with softening to some finer details, and light encrustations, otherwise intact and excellent. Fantastic green and brown patina throughout.Condition
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