osorkon II

during my university days in a decade that is often seen as the nadir of bad taste | i went without food for a week to purchase a statue of osorkon II [874–850 BC - 22nd dynasty]| a pharaoh of not overwhelming good looks but enough gravitas to join my eclectic collection of useless objects | in the 90's it was embarrassing to have such a statue on display so he got relegated to a box in a wardrobe | in 2007 i saved this statue from shameful oblivion n placed osorkon II into our garden paradise | i originally purchased the statue [head only] because i was once photographed outside of the cairo museum leaning against the sphinx style base of the statue