Figure Item Number: M3.147 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Figure depicting the tree of Osiris, which consists of a slight foot, a slightly tapering shaft with four indented horizontal bands out of which emerge four raised rows representing palm branches followed by a slightly narrower raised band and a rounded tip. There is a vertical rectangular support on the reverse that angles forward at the top and is pierced with a hole that runs side to side near the top.
History Of Use
Probably an amulet.
Iconographic Meaning
The tree of Osiris was an emblem of stability - one of the sacred emblems.
Narrative
The van Haersolte Collection
Item History
- Made in Egypt
- Collected during 1890
- Owned by Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Owned by Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn before April 26, 1956
- Received from Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller) on April 26, 1956
What
- Name
- Figure
- Identification Number
- M3.147
- Type of Item
- figure
- Material
- faience
- Manufacturing Technique
- faience work
- Overall
- height 3.8 cm, width 0.9 cm, depth 0.7 cm
Who
- Culture
- Egyptian
- Previous Owner
- Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn, Baron van Haersolte van den Doorn and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn
- Received from
- Leon & Thea Koerner Foundation (Funding source), U.B.C. President's Fund (Funding source) and Kathleen van Haersolte van den Doorn (Seller)
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Egypt
When
- Collection Date
- during 1890
- Ownership Date
- before April 26, 1956
- Acquisition Date
- on April 26, 1956
Other
- Item Classes
- ceramics
- Condition
- good
- Accession Number
- 2308/0146