A LARGE EGYPTIAN CEDAR WOOD CULT STATUE OF OSIRIS
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
A LARGE EGYPTIAN CEDAR WOOD CULT STATUE OF OSIRIS CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C. With sensitively modelled face, the eyes recessed for inlay, the atef -crown with attached bronze uraeus and twin feathers, each inlaid with red and blue glass(?) paste, the ears of the god large and finely detailed, his beard curled at the end, the mummified figure with arms crossed holding a flail and crook, the symbols of his divine kingship, with wood feet and tang below, faint traces of gesso, repaired at feet, mounted 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
A LARGE EGYPTIAN CEDAR WOOD CULT STATUE OF OSIRIS
CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
A LARGE EGYPTIAN CEDAR WOOD CULT STATUE OF OSIRIS CIRCA 4TH-2ND CENTURY B.C. With sensitively modelled face, the eyes recessed for inlay, the atef -crown with attached bronze uraeus and twin feathers, each inlaid with red and blue glass(?) paste, the ears of the god large and finely detailed, his beard curled at the end, the mummified figure with arms crossed holding a flail and crook, the symbols of his divine kingship, with wood feet and tang below, faint traces of gesso, repaired at feet, mounted 30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high
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