Lot no. 77
PTAH SOKAR OSIRIS A composite statue in three parts, it depicts the god Ptah-Sokar-Osiris standing in his mummiform sheath and resting on a rectangular platform with a tenon at the back. The deity is wearing the atef crown made up of ram's horns, a sun disc and ostrich feathers. The body of the god is adorned with a multi-row necklace, a pectoral also decorated with pearls in various rows, and a naos-shaped amulet depicting the deceased, the god Anubis and the Maat (?). On either side are uraei. Below, the winged Kheper, framed by udjats and birds (Bâ of the deceased?). Finally, in a frame, three hieroglyphic columns (prayer to Osiris for the deceased). Covered wood and polychrome. 70 x 42 x 10.5 cm Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 332-30 BC Provenance Former collection of the painter Kees Van Dongen (1877-1968 in Monte Carlo) A Ptolemaic Painted wood Ptah Sokar Osiris, Composite statue in three parts, it represents the god Ptah-Sokar-Osiris standing in his mummiform sheath and resting on a rectangular platform at the back with a tenon. The deity is wearing the atef crown composed of ram horns, the solar disk and ostrich feathers. The whole is decorated with painted decoration; the body of the god is painted with a necklace with several rows, a pectoral also decorated with pearls of various rows, and an amulet in the shape of a naos representing the deceased, the god Anubis as well as the Mâat (?) . On either side of the uraei. Below, the winged Kheper, framed by udjats and birds (Bâ of the deceased?). Finally, in a frame, three hieroglyphic columns (prayer to Osiris for the deceased). 332-30 B.C.
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