Lot 584
EGYPT. Ptolemaic Period. Ptah-Seker-Osiris. Height 17½". Wooden figure of Ptah-Seker-Osiris in gesso and polychrome. Well and brightly painted with a vertical panel of hieroglyphic inscription on back. Lacking the solar disk (on top of head) and the obelisk plinth with stand; however complete in itself and quite pleasing overall. We note some chips and minor restoration.
Ptah was the god of creation, the arts and fertility. Seker was also god of craftsmen and of reincarnation. By the Middle Kingdom period, Seker was assimilated with Ptah and became Ptah-Seker. This figurine, in the form of Osiris, also became the lord of the underworld.
Estimated Value $2,500 - 3,500.
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| Realized $2,280 |
