EGYPTIAN GREEN SCHIST BUST OF GOD.

Lot no. 510

Estimate: £150,000 - £300,000

Sale date : 11/30/2025 at 2:00 PM

Description

EGYPTIAN GREEN SCHIST BUST OF GOD. Ca. 380 - 342 BC. An Exceptional green schist Bust of a God Osiris; his hands emerging from his cloak and holding the crook and flail, and wearing a broad incised collar with beaded perimeter, braided beard, and striated tripartite wig with uraeus, a mortise for insertion of a headdress on the crown, his finely carved face with full upward-turned nose, and recessed eyes with long contoured cosmetic lines, the tapering eyebrows in shallow relief. Remarkable details and preservation. Formerly on loan to The Brooklyn Museum of Art, 1992-1999. For similar see: Baltimore, Egyptian Sculpture nos. 385 and 386, identified as the moon god Osiris-Yoh. Size: 220mm x 135mm; Weight: 2.1kg Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex Merrin Gallery, New York, 1992; Formerly on loan to The Brooklyn Museum of Art 1992 - 1999. Formerly acquired by his Excellency Sheikh Saud Bin Al-Thani for 1,200,000$ (original invoice to accompany the purchase) This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.

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