STATUE OF OSIRIS IN SOAPSTONE Egyptian art, late 25th - early 26th dynasty Large statue of the mummiform god, depicted standing on a rectangular base rounded at the front, leaning against an anepigraphic pillar, holding the sceptre (heqa) and the flagellum (nekhekh). He wears a false beard and the atef crown, made up of the white mitre of Upper Egypt (hedjet) edged with two ostrich feathers. Height Height : 41.3 cm Provenance: Former collection of Frank Elbert Compton (1874-1950), founder of the Compton Encyclopaedia in 1922, Chicago Private collection, Oregon Royal-Athena Galleries, New York Christian Levett Collection, Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2014 Exhibitions: Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, 2014-August 2023 Bibliography: J. M. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, Royal-Athena Galleries, 2010, vol. XXI, p. 80, fig. 212 A Large Egyptian steatite Osiris, Late 25th - early 26th Dynasty