Statuette of Osiris

Statuette of Osiris

Late Period, 722-332 BC

Egypt

Bronze
19.3 cm High x 4.6 cm x 3.4 cm

2018.010.531

This bronze statuette depicts the mummiform god of the underworld Osiris. The body of the god is wrapped in a close-fitting shroud with his hands poking out of vertical slits. In his right hand he holds a flail, and in his left, a crook. On his head, Osiris wears the atef-crown, which combines the white crown of Upper Egypt with a central uraeus and ostrich feathers to either side of the crown. His beard and broad collar are delicately incised, as are the feathers on his crown, his flail and crook. The bronze stands on a rectangular base.

The statuette was once part of the collection of Lord George Talbot (1763-1850) and was purchased by Georges Ricard for the Senusret Collection on 3 March 1975 from Roger F. Galliano, a member of the Conciliation Commission at Central Customs in Paris, certified expert of the Chamber of Auctioneers of France and Judicial Officer of Geneva.

Gift of the Georges Ricard Foundation

Parallels and References:
London, The British Museum, EA29409