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Lot 35

An Egyptian bronze Osiris

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian bronze Osiris
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Depicted mummiform, the face finely modelled, wearing an atef crown with a central uraeus, and a false plaited beard, his arms crossed across the chest and holding a crook and flail, 18cm high

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Provenance:
Private collection, Germany, acquired prior to 1980 (old auction label on underside).
Anonymous sale; Auktionsgalerie am Hofgarten, Bayreuth, Germany, 3 May 2008, lot 170.
Private collection, Germany, acquired at the above sale.

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