Osiris
New Kingdom, 19th Dynasty, circa 1292-1186 BC
Serpentinite.
H 16 cm
The god Osiris, seated on a throne, is dressed in a tight-fitting garment that leaves only his hands free. In his hands he holds the royal insignia crook and frail. He wears the false beard and on his head the White Crown of Upper Egypt with frontal uraeus and ostrich feathers. Small part of modern infill to the upper crown and left feather.
cf.
W. SEIPEL, Ägypten – Götter, Gräber und die Kunst, 4000 Jahre Jenseitsglaube, Linz 1989, no. 111
Provenance
Swiss private collection R. L. (1934-2010), formed between the 1950s and early 1980s.
German private collection E. K. (1932-2022), acquired 2004 on the German art market.
Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.
Price
€ 22,000
Item
7535