An Egyptian bronze figure of Harpokrates on a lotus flower
Late Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
The god depicted nude, seated on a lotus blossom with his knees drawn up, his right forefinger raised to his chin, wearing a nemes headdress with sidelock of youth and uraeus, surmounted by a hemhemet crown, the lotus with overlapping petals, 5¼in (13.3cm) high, mounted
Late Period, circa 664-30 B.C.
The god depicted nude, seated on a lotus blossom with his knees drawn up, his right forefinger raised to his chin, wearing a nemes headdress with sidelock of youth and uraeus, surmounted by a hemhemet crown, the lotus with overlapping petals, 5¼in (13.3cm) high, mounted
Estimate:
£4,000 - 5,000
US$ 6,000 - 7,600
€4,700 - 5,800
US$ 6,000 - 7,600
€4,700 - 5,800
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- Provenance:
French private collection, acquired in the 1960s.
Category: Antiquities
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