Description
Head of Osiris. The god is wearing the Atef crown. Two notches on the sides of the crown, one under the chin and a hole in the front were used to hold inlaid elements (feathers, false beard and uraeus), which have now disappeared. It is decorated with wide vertical stripes in ochre and green. The face is outlined in yellow. The chinstrap linking the crown to the false beard is indicated. In his notes, Jean Roudillon indicates that this head was given to him by his father for his eighteenth birthday. In Jean Roudillon's notes: "Gift from my father Marcel Roudillon for my 18th birthday on December 12, 1941". Stuccoed wood and black, ochre, yellow and green polychromy. Egypt, in the taste of the Late Period. H. 12.5 cm Provenance : - Given by Marcel Roudillon to his son Jean - Exhibited at Galerie Le Corneur Roudillon - Jean Roudillon Collection
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Head of Osiris. The god is wearing the Atef crown. Two notches on the sides of the crown, one under the chin and a hole in the front were used to hold inlaid elements (feathers, false beard and uraeus), which have now disappeared. It is decorated with wide vertical stripes in ochre and green. The face is outlined in yellow. The chinstrap linking the crown to the false beard is indicated. In his notes, Jean Roudillon indicates that this head was given to him by his father for his eighteenth birthday. In Jean Roudillon's notes: "Gift from my father Marcel Roudillon for my 18th birthday on December 12, 1941". Stuccoed wood and black, ochre, yellow and green polychromy. Egypt, in the taste of the Late Period. H. 12.5 cm Provenance : - Given by Marcel Roudillon to his son Jean - Exhibited at Galerie Le Corneur Roudillon - Jean Roudillon Collection
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