Standing figure · Africa-Antiques, Egypt · ID: 3032067
Description
brass, encrusted patina, traces of corrosion, base;
presumably depicting “Osiris”, in shape of a pharaoh with “atef” crown, crook (symbol of the good shepard) and flail (symbol of fertility). He is commonly depicted green (the color of rebirth) or black (alluding to the fertility of the Nile floodplain), in mummiform, wearing the trappings of mummification from chest downward.
The object Standing figure with the object ID 3032067 was last part of the auction 77th tribal art auction at June 28, 2014 on Zemanek-Münster Auction house and had the lot number 116.
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Comparing literature
Schulz, Regine & Matthias Seidel, Egyptian Art, Baltimore 2009, p. 128 f.