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Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Statuette of Osiris
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
Courtesy of the Georges Ricard Foundation and the California Institute of World Archaeology
ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art

Statuette of Osiris

Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodLate Period
Date722-332 BCE
MediumBronze
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions7 5/8 x 1 13/16 x 1 5/16 in., 605 g (19.3 x 4.6 x 3.4 cm, 1 lb. 5 5/16 oz.)
Object number2018.010.531
Label TextThis 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.
ProvenanceSaid to be ex coll. Lord George Talbot. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California, possibly purchased from Roger Fernand Galliano, Paris, France.
Status
Not on view
Collections
  • Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art