Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Osiris

An ancient Egyptian bronze statuette of the god Osiris, lord of the underworld. The standing god wears the atef crown, a regal beard, and holds a crook and flail. There is a suspension loop at the back of his neck.

Late Period,

Ca. 700-30 BC.

Height: 5 in. (12.7 cm).

Osiris was one of the most important gods of the Egyptian pantheon. He was the lord of the underworld and god of the dead. One of his titles was therefore “ruler of the west,” the west being the domain of the dead. Osiris was also the god of the inundation of the Nile and consequently fertility, and came to be seen as a protective deity over both the living and the dead.

cf.: Metropolitan Museum of Art inv. no. 61.45.

Formerly in a New York private collection, acquired at Hotel Drouot, Tajan, Paris, October 13, 1995; previously in French private collection.

Inv#: 7312

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$5,000