EGYPTIAN SILVER OSIRIS
Description: A very rare egyptian Osiris. This particularly fine example of the god is shown standing mummyform, cast from silver, and meticulously detailed, wearing the plumed atef-crown with central uraeus and a false plaited beard, carrying a crook and flail across his chest, standing on a short plith,a tenon below the plinth for insertion.| Egypt. Third Intermediate-Late Period. 1070-332 B.C.
Condition: This example is taller than the arruletic type and without any trace of a suspension loop. The figure is intact and of the finest woriananship. Notes: The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: O.C private collection - Barcelone. Formerly in the coliection of Dr. J.N. W., St-Mary's, Georgia, USA. American collection prior to 1970. Dimensions: 9,40 cm.
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Description: A very rare egyptian Osiris. This particularly fine example of the god is shown standing mummyform, cast from silver, and meticulously detailed, wearing the plumed atef-crown with central uraeus and a false plaited beard, carrying a crook and flail across his chest, standing on a short plith,a tenon below the plinth for insertion.| Egypt. Third Intermediate-Late Period. 1070-332 B.C.
Condition: This example is taller than the arruletic type and without any trace of a suspension loop. The figure is intact and of the finest woriananship. Notes: The piece includes authenticity certificate. For reasons of data protection, when the provenance of the pieces is private collections, only the initials of the particular collectors are shown, the complete information of these collections will be delivered to the buyer in the authenticity certificate. |The piece includes Spanish Export License ( Passport for European Union) - If the piece is destined outside the European Union a substitution of the export permit should be requested and an export fee must be paid ( see terms and conditions ). This process could take between 1 and 2 months.
Provenance: O.C private collection - Barcelone. Formerly in the coliection of Dr. J.N. W., St-Mary's, Georgia, USA. American collection prior to 1970. Dimensions: 9,40 cm.
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