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Lot 247*

An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,000 - £1,200

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An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Depicted in typical mummiform posture, his hands emerging from a tightly-wrapped long cloak to hold the crook and flail, with incised detail of a heart amulet on a string suspended from his hands, 14.9cm high

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Provenance:
Arthur Gardner Lewis (13 March 1874 - 4 November 1948) Collection, Hancock, Massachusetts, thence by descent.

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