An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
The standing deity in typical mummiform pose, holding a crook and flail in his crossed hands, wearing the atef crown with frontal uraeus and incised plaited false beard, the face with eyes recessed for inlays, 22.5cm high注脚Provenance:
Presented by Sir Ernest Wallis Budge (1857-1934) to the First Earl of Halsbury (1821-1921).
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, Colonnade Galleries, London, 20 October 1995, lot 45.
Gottfried and Helga Hertel collection, Cologne, acquired at the above sale.