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LOT 0010

Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Figure of Harpocrates

LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.

2 5/8 in. (39.7 grams total, 68 mm including stand).

Modelled in the round, the nude seated figure of the child Somtous, with one hand to his lips and a prominent sidelock, emerging from a lotus flower; mounted on a custom-made stand.

Provenance

with Noriuchi Horiuchi, Tokyo, Japan.
Private collection, London, UK, acquired from the above in 1993.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.

Literature

See Gaber, H., Servajean, F., Du pays de Pount aux rives du Nil: parfums d’Égypte, Gand, 2024, pp. 196-197, for discussion and an example in bronze.

CONDITION

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LOT 0010

Egyptian Green Glazed Faience Figure of Harpocrates

Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)

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