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Ptah-Sokar-Osiris
Egyptian
Late Period
664–332 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Wood with gesso and gold leaf
Dimensions
Height: 78 cm (30 11/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Alan M. and Marcia May
Accession Number1989.292
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceProbably about 1950s/1960s, acquired in Egypt by Richard E. S. Maxson (b. 1925 - d. 1975), Amherst, MA [see note 1]; to his daughter, Kathryn Maxson-Silberstein, Sherborn, MA [see note 2]; June 24, 1989, Richard E. S. Maxson estate and others sale (auction no. 1261), Skinner, Bolton, MA, lot 134, to Alan M. May and Marcia Wolfson May (b. 1939 - d. 2006), Dallas; 1989, gift of Alan M. and Marcia May to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 27, 1989)
NOTES:
[1] RIchard Maxson was a renowned world traveler and tour leader who acquired works of art on his various trips. In 1960 he opened his collection to the public in what was called the World Travel Museum in Amherst, MA. He later opened the Treasury of Travel Museum (North Amherst, MA) and the World Museum (Northfield, MA) to showcase his collection.
[2] She lent this to the exhibition "Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt" (MFA Boston, September 14 - December 11, 1988), cat. no. 124.
NOTES:
[1] RIchard Maxson was a renowned world traveler and tour leader who acquired works of art on his various trips. In 1960 he opened his collection to the public in what was called the World Travel Museum in Amherst, MA. He later opened the Treasury of Travel Museum (North Amherst, MA) and the World Museum (Northfield, MA) to showcase his collection.
[2] She lent this to the exhibition "Mummies and Magic: The Funerary Arts of Ancient Egypt" (MFA Boston, September 14 - December 11, 1988), cat. no. 124.