Bronze clothing pins and pharao (?) figure
These bronze clothing pins (15cm length) , according to seller in Byblos, Lebanon, were often used during burials and were recently found during construction work etc and then come to market. I picked up the bronze figure (12.5 x 3 cm) in Baalbeck. NE Lebanon. It comes across as Egyptian-type perhaps? (and there used to be ancient trading relations, but am no expert in this) I am interested to learn more about possible dating and origins/story and your opinion on the genuine character. I am aware that I will not be able to legally sell this item to a licensed dealer in e.g. Europe because it originates in Lebanon and has no certified provenance. Am also not planning to as it is not part of my personal and private collection. Still I would be interested to find out what the approximate value would be if provenance etc could be legally established.
Bought it from small local dealers in Lebanon.
Gallery/Dealer
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Thank your for submitting your item for appraisal. This appears to be a bronze figurine representing Osiris, with flail and crook in his crossed arms, plaited beard, atef crown to his head, crude edges from the cast, most likely imitated patina. The "pins" appear to be roman spathomele. The multifacetted ends were used for stirring medicaments, I can´t rule out that these might be authentic. Such sets usually sell in the 100-200 USD range at auction, but only with the necessary paperwork.
