Bidspirit auction | EGYPTIAN WOODEN PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS

EGYPTIAN WOODEN PTAH-SOKAR-OSIRIS - Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC A composite wooden statuette of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris in three parts, showing the mummiform god standing above a rectangular platform and fixed at the rear. He wears an atef crown with ram's horns, a solar disc and tall ostrich feathers. The decoration is polychrome and glazed. A multi-strand necklace and a beaded pectoral are painted across the chest. Below is a naos-shaped amulet with figures of the deceased, Anubis and a goddess, flanked by uraei. A winged kheper appears beneath, framed by udjat eyes and birds, and a panel of three vertical hieroglyphic columns completes the scheme with a prayer to Osiris for the deceased. Size: 700mm x 425mm; Weight: 2.3kg. Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the French art market. This piece is accompanied by the French Export passport. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: British Museum number EA16784; EA9736 This piece is accompanied by an authentication statement from Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.