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LOT 0774
Roman Gold Amuletic Case
3RD-5TH CENTURY A.D.
1 3/8 in. (2.34 grams, 33 mm).
Hollow-formed sheet gold sleeve with three ribbed suspension loop with applied granules, granule clusters to the lower edge, corrugated surface and applied filigree trails.
ProvenanceCollected from 1970-1999.
From the collection of the late Mr S.M., London, UK.
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LOT 0774
Roman Gold Amuletic Case
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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With incised line decoration to the arms, pin-lugs, pin and catchplate to the reverse. 11.9 grams, 28 mm
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Roman Bronze Statuette of Harpocrates
1st-3rd century A.D.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
Presented as a very young child sitting on the ground, wearing a long tunic which covers his body and legs down to his feet; right arm bent and hand raised to the shoulder, left hand curved around an object (absent); sporting the conventional sidelock behind the right ear; mounted in a custom-made tiered wooden stand. 213 grams, 73 mm (276 grams total, 10.2 cm including stand)
Ex Hanna Saba collection, Ambassador to Egypt-USA-France (1909-1992). Private European collection. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12098-218159.
The god's name was Hellenized in the Ptolemaic era and later adopted by the Romans, but it originated in the figure of 'Horus the child', son of Isis and Osiris, who was worshipped especially in Alexandria.
