174 EGYPTIAN LARGE BRONZE HEAD OF OSIRIS WEARING THE WHITE CROWN of Upper Egypt, fronted with a uraeus. The Lord of the Underworld wears a long false beard and his features and the details of the cobra are well executed. Late Period, 712-332 BC. H. 8 1/2 in (21 cm.) Ex S.C. collection, Israel, early 20th century.
178 EGYPTIAN BRONZE STRIDING AMUN He wears a crown surmounted by tall plumes with solar disk, broad collar, and short kilt. Two ribbons hang from the back of the crown over the nape of his neck. Late Period, 664-30 BC. H. 10 1/2 in. (26.8 cm.) Ex private French collection acquired in the 1950s; with La Galerie Michel Cachoux, Paris, 1967-68; Geneva private collection; Christie’s, London, October 1999; private collection, Westlake Village, California.
175 EGYPTIAN BRONZE MUMMIFORM OSIRIS WEARING THE ATEF CROWN notched for plumes. XXVIth Dynasty, ca. 664-525 BC. 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm.) Ex French private collection; D.S collection, Waterford, Michigan, acquired from Royal-Athena in 1987. 176 EGYPTIAN BRONZE ENTHRONED OSIRIS mummiform, wearing the atef crown, false beard, broad collar, and holding the crook and the flail. Late Dynastic, 712-343 BC. H. 6 in. (15.2 cm.) Ex collection of Porter Chandler; acquired in Egypt in 1916-18; his grand-daughter, Gertrude Houston; D. M. collection, New York. 177 EGYPTIAN BRONZE SEATED HARPOKRATES AMON wearing the red crown with tall, incised plumes, a solar disk, and the sidelock of youth. The forefinger of his right hand is raised to his mouth and his eyes are gilded. XXVI-XXXth Dynasty 664-342 BC. H. 11 3/8 in. (29 cm.) Ex collection of Florent Dalcq (1878-1950), Belgium. Cf. L. Traunecker, À propos de l'Harpocrate Amonien, communication donnée à Mayence, 22 février 2002.
179 EGYPTIAN BRONZE MALE DEITY, PROBABLY A RARE VARIANT OF KHONSU-DJEHUTY Enthroned, his beard inlaid with gold, he wears the atef-crown, fronted by an ibis head, and surmounted by a horned solar disk. XXVIth Dynasty 664-525 BC. H. 9 in. (22.9 cm.) Ex French collection; private collection, Westlake Village, California. This piece is possibly another deity in as much as he does not bear the moon and crescent disk below the atef-crown. We cannot find this particular composite crown on any other published bronze.
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