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LOT 0483
Egyptian Bronze Figurine of Harpocrates
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
4 3/4 in. (5 3/4 in.) (146 grams, 12.2 cm (202 grams total, 13.7 cm including stand)).
Modelled in the round depicted in a seated pose with bold sidelock reaching to the shoulder; kilt to the thighs, D-shaped base beneath the feet, socket to the middle of the back; provided with a custom-made display stand.
Provenancewith Max Hagemann, prior 1964.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D’Amato.
Cf. Tiribilli, E., The bronze figurines of the Petrie Museum from 2000 BC to AD 400, GHP Egyptology 28, London, 2018, p.58, no. 62, for a similar statuette.
FootnotesHarpocrates is the Greek rendering of the Egyptian Hor-pa-khered, which translates as 'Horus the Child', referring to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris.
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LOT 0483
Egyptian Bronze Figurine of Harpocrates
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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