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LOT 0003
Egyptian Bronze Statuette of Young Horus
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
5 in. (202 grams total, 12.8 cm including stand).
Modelled in the round in striding pose with one arm resting along the body and the right hand raised to his mouth, wearing an elaborate side-lock of youth and Pschent crown fronted by uraeus; mounted on a display stand.
Provenancewith R.H. Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo, early 20th century.
Private collection, London, UK.
Accompanied by its original base, retaining the Blanchard label.
Cf. Daressy, G., Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire N° 38001-39384 Statues de divinités, Cairo, 1906, pl. X, no. 38182, for a comparable complete statuette of Harpocrates.
FootnotesHarpocrates is the Greek equivalent of the Egyptian name Hor-pa-khered, which means 'Horus the Child'. This name refers to Horus as the divine infant of Isis and Osiris. Wearing an amulet of Harpocrates was believed to provide the same protection that Isis granted to her beloved son. Larger bronze statuettes, such as this, were probably votive offerings to Harpocrates, intended to secure his favour and protection.
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