EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUETTE OF OSIRIS AND SITULA

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Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A pair of bronze items, from left to right: a statuette of Osiris standing mummiform with the arms held against the chest, the head surmounted by an atef crown with side plumes, the face with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose and a long false beard, with a circular suspension loop behind the head; and a situla formed as an elongated tubular vessel with a tapering body terminating in a pointed end, the circular mouth with a thickened rim and fitted with two upright loop handles. For similar see: National Museums Liverpool, Accession Number 1969.112.33. Size: 55-75mm x 24-25mm; Weight: 120g Provenance: Private Belgium Collection; ex Private English Collection, previously acquired on European market in 1960s.

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