Egyptian Bronze Seated Harpocrates Figure

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

2 5/8 in. (30.7 grams, 68 mm).

With feet resting on a rectangular base, forefinger on the lips, prominent sidelock of youth.

Provenance

Ex Brigantia, York, UK, item no.12040.
Private collection of Mr T.H., Norfolk, UK.

Accompanied by a previous dealer's certificate of authenticity.

Literature

Cf. similar in the collection of the British Museum under accession no.EA64633.

Footnotes

Harpocrates is the Greek rendering of the Egyptian Hor-pa-khered, which translates as 'Horus the Child'. This refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing the amulet of Harpocrates could provide the wearer with the same protection that Isis gave to her beloved son.

CONDITION

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