An Egyptian bronze figure of Osiris. Late Period, after 600 B.C.

Wearing the atef crown, with frontal uraeus, holding the crook and flail, the false beard with incised details and chin straps, the broad collar with a decorative tab at the back, 7¼in (18.4cm) high, mounted. Sold for £2,160

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