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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMANO-EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION EROTIC FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The squatting god, with side-lock, places his right forefinger to his mouth and holds his phallus in left hand, 4 in. (10 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition head of Bes, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high; and a Kashan turquoise glazed faience tile fragment with a relief of an animal, 13th-14th Century A.D., 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) long (3)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.
The squatting god, with side-lock, places his right forefinger to his mouth and holds his phallus in left hand, 4 in. (10 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition head of Bes, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D., 2 5/8 in. (6.6 cm.) high; and a Kashan turquoise glazed faience tile fragment with a relief of an animal, 13th-14th Century A.D., 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) long (3)
Provenance
Item one: formerly from an Asian collection, acquired during the late 1960s/early 1970s: sold Christie's London, 13 May 2003, part lot 323.
Items two and three: sold Christie's London, 12 April 2000, part lot 59.
Items two and three: sold Christie's London, 12 April 2000, part lot 59.
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