Large Egyptian Bronze Osiris

Origin: EgyptCirca: Late Period to Early Ptolemaic Period, 664 BC to 150 BCDimensions: 27" Height x 4.75" Width x 4.75" Depth (68.5 cm x 12 cm x 12 cm), 23.5" Height without baseMedium: Bronze At roughly two feet tall this exceptional figure of Osiris may be considered monumental for the type.  Solid cast in a deep umber bronze with olive undertones, this imposing statue conveys with dramatic effect a gravitas that is both striking and stately.  The god is depicted mummiform on an integral trapezoidal base, with arms folded on his chest, and wearing a plumed atef-crown supported by ram horns, fronted by a uraeus. A long false beard with upturned tip adorns his face, and an elaborate multi-strand broad collar with incised decoration covers his shoulders. The counterpoise falls between the shoulder blades to his rear, while he holds the traditional crook in the left hand and a flail in the right. The face features an archaizing smile, with philtrum indicated, a straight slender nose, and