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Lot 235

An Egyptian bronze figure of Harpokrates

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian bronze figure of Harpokrates
Kushite, 25th Dynasty, circa 700 B.C.
The deity striding forth on slender elongated legs, wearing an incised collar with ankh pendant necklace, his right index finger extended to his lips, with incised details to the blue crown and side lock of eternal youth, 11.5cm high

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Provenance:
UK private collection of a distinguished Scottish philanthropist (1857-1951) who often visited Egypt and endowed an orphanage there. Thence by descent.
The wood base with a silver plaque engraved: 'Horus...Found in the ruins of Thebes'.

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