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Osiris-Antinous: C.2388B-1928

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Current Location: Mezzanine Landing

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Osiris-Antinous

Maker(s)

Production: Unknown

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Description

Figure of Osiris-Antinous, earthenware, moulded, and tin-glazed. A pair with C.2388A-1928

Buff earthenware, press-moulded with separate base, tin-glazed overall. Osiris-Antinous stands erect on a rectangular plinth with a support at the back. His knees are together, his feet facing the front are slight apart; his hands are clenched round small batons. He wears an Egyptian striped nemes headdress and a pleated kilt. There is a square cavity in the back of the figure above the waist.

Notes

History note: Uncertain before Dr J.W.L. Glaisher, FRS, Trinity College, Cambridge.

Legal notes

Dr J.W.L. Glaisher Bequest

Measurements and weight

Height: 117.5 cm

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1928) by Glaisher, J. W. L., Dr

Dating

18th Century, Late-19th Century, Early#
Circa 1790 CE - Circa 1820 CE

Note

Probably French, or Italian

School or Style

Egyptian Revival

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Tin-glaze
Earthenware

Techniques used in production

Moulding : Earthenware, moulded, and tin-glazed
Tin-glazing

References and bibliographic entries

Related exhibitions

Identification numbers

Accession number: C.2388B-1928
Primary reference Number: 73426
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Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Saturday 14 March 2020 Last processed: Thursday 7 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Applied Arts

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