An Egyptian bronze triad sarcophagus
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.
Depicting Osiris, wearing the atef crown, arms crossed holding the crook and flail, with a suspension loop behind his back, the engraved T-shaped dorsal column below, flanked by Horus the child to his right, depicted nude, striding forward on his left leg and wearing the crown of Upper and Lower Egypt with the side lock of youth, a suspension loop at his proper right foot, on the other side is Isis striding forward on her left leg, wearing a horned sun-disc and tripartite wig, the triad standing on a hollow integral plinth, the front panel cast in relief with the child god squatting, flanked by Isis and Thoth in adoration, a panel on either side with falcon-headed soul of Pe and jackal-headed soul of Nekhen, the back of the plinth with panels depicting a male figure, probably the deceased, in jubilation posture, in the central panel a lotus flower leaning on a column, a third panel, removable and now missing, revealing the hollow interior, to the right of the aperture an inscription giving the donor's identity: 'May Isis give life to Wedja-hor son of Pa-di-hor', the short sides of the plinth with further depictions of Pe and Nekhen, 14cm high, 10.2cm wide注脚Provenance:
Private collection, Cardiff, formed in the 1920s.
Private collection, Aberystwyth, acquired from the above ca. 2004.
Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, 3 April 2014, lot 165.
Private collection, UK, acquired from the above sale.