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THBTall Egyptian Bronze Standing Osiris w/ Silvered Eyes
Lot 5
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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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By Artemis Gallery
May 22, 2019
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Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
Day 1 of an important 2-day auction featuring exceptional art from around the world - Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman, Viking, Russian, Near Eastern; Asian Art from China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Burma, India; Fine Art from the 17th century to present. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Ancient Egypt, Third Intermediate Period, 21st to 25th Dynasty, ca. 1070 to 712 BCE. A fabulous cast-bronze figure of Osiris, the Egyptian god of the underworld, standing in mummiform with fused legs atop an integral rectangular plinth. He holds his signature flagellum and short-handled heka scepter (perhaps indicating Thebes as the figure's place of origin) in offset arms held atop the chest, and has sloping shoulders which trace down to bent elbows. His serene countenance is defined by a broad nose with flared nostrils, pouty lips with indented corners, smooth cheeks, a plaited false beard, and cupped ears, with thin brows surmounting the silvered ovoid eyes. The head is capped with an Atef crown replete with a pair of broad ostrich feathers indicative of the Cult of Osiris, a pair of horizontal spiraling ram horns, and a frontal uraeus. Fine green and brown patina envelops this wonderful example from ancient Egypt! Size: 2.5" W x 10.25" H (6.4 cm x 26 cm); 12.2" H (31 cm) on included custom stand.
For a stylistically-similar example from the Late Dynastic Period, please see The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 61.45: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/545802
A strikingly-similar example of a larger size hammered for $20,315 at Christie's, New York Antiquities auction (sale 1244, June 11, 2003, lot 28): https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-egyptian-bronze-figure-of-osiris-third-4108080-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=4108080&sid=08caacf6-c84c-416d-8ba0-d211fd786fd7
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Art for Eternity, New York, New York, USA
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#146191Small loss to tip of one horn. Minor nicks and abrasions to body, arms, head, and crown, chipping to silvering in eyes, with light softening to some finer details, and extensive wear to legs. Light earthen deposits as well as fabulous green and brown patina throughout.Condition
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