C. 664-30 BC. Egyptian Late Dynastic. Egyptian stone figure of the God Osiris. The god is shown seated in mummiform with an ornamental pectoral plate and his arms folded across the chest holding a crook and flail. Osiris is the most significant and important god in the Egyptians pantheon. He is known firstly as a god of fertility and then as a god of the underworld. He is usually depicted as a gold or green-faced man, to declare his association with the underworld. In his role of lord of the underworld he was associated with a pharaoh and is thus generally portrayed as a deceased pharaoh, as he is depicted on this figurine. Excellent condition.Size: L:90mm / W:60mm ; 260g; Provenance: property of a Central London Gallery, acquired by a private collector, formerly in a private Southern California, USA collection, acquired in the 1970s to mid-1980s.