An Egyptian bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Iron possibly indicating a functional pin

possibly indicating a functional pin for draped garments or veils with enhanced visual appeal

Provenance: Private collection of Geoffrey Metz

Artist: Judy Watson Napangardi (c

some granule loss

Finely carved from light green faience

An Egyptian bronze Oxyrhynchus Fish, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Medium - Iron possibly indicating a functional pinThe distinctive appearance of this cast bronze fish, wearing a crown of cow horns and the sun disk, easily identifies it as the oxyrhynchus, a common African variety whose name means "pointed nose." The oxyrhynchus is closely associated with the god Osiris, playing an integral role in the events leading up to the resurrection of the god. In the most complete account of the Osiris myth, recorded by the Greek Historian Plutarch in the first to second