ANCIENT EGYPTIAN FIGURE OF OSIRIS
LATE PERIOD, C. 664 - 332 B.C.
£1,890
Classical Ancient Art // Form Through Time
Auction: Form Through Time - 21st March 2024 at 2pm
Description
bronze, standing deity in typical mummiform pose, holding a crook and flail in his crossed hands and incised plaited false beard, raised on a wooden base
Dimensions
12.2cm tall (unmounted)
Provenance
Provenance:
Penicuik House, Midlothian, acquired by either Sir John Clerk, 2nd Baronet of Penicuik (1676-1755) or his son Sir James Clerk, of Penicuik, 3rd Baronet of Penicuik (1709-1783), thence by descent to the present owners