164 - LARGE BRONZE STATUE OF OSIRIS

LARGE BRONZE STATUE OF OSIRIS Egyptian art, Third Intermediate Period, 1069–664 B.C. Statue depicting the god in mummy form, standing with his body wrapped in a shroud, arms folded across his chest; in his right hand he holds the flagellum (nekhekh); the scepter (heqa), once held in his left hand, is now missing. He wears the white miter of Upper Egypt (hedjet), adorned with an uraeus. The hollowed-out eye sockets were once intended to hold an inlay, which is now missing. The feet and false beard are missing. Height: 43.5 cm Provenance: Former collection of Madame de Pourtalès, Meudon; inherited in the 1960s Audap & Mirabaud, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, July 9, 2010 Private collection, Paris A large bronze figure of Osiris, Third Intermediate Period, 1069–664 B.C.