Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN STONE FIGURE OF OSIRIS

EGYPTIAN STONE FIGURE OF OSIRIS – MUSEUM EXHIBITED - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. An Ancient Egyptian stone statuette depicting the god Osiris. He is shown seated in mummiform with a braided divine beard, an atef-crown and a peaceful, idealised face. He is posed with the arms folded across the chest holding a crook and flail. Osiris is the most significant god in the Egyptian pantheon. He is known as a god of fertility and the underworld. In his role of god of the underworld, he is associated with a pharaoh and is generally portrayed as a deceased pharaoh, as seen on this figure. Size: 170mm x 90mm; Weight: 755g. Provenance: Property of a Central London Gallery, acquired by a British collector; Ex. private Bandy collection, Rochester, Michigan, USA; Ex. Royal Athena Gallery, 1986. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. This very important example was exhibited at Kresge Art Gallery, Michigan State University, 1985 to 2002. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, vol XXII (2011), no.158. and at Olympia Art & Antiques fair, London, June 2022.