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LATE PERIOD/PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BLACK STEATITE FIGURE OF SEATED HARPOCRATES
LATE PERIOD/PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Holding finger to mouth, 2¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition figure of Ptaichos, with mount, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; three bronze figures of Osiris, 5 5/8 to 2 3/8 in. (14.3 to 6.2 cm.) high; a bronze figure of seated Isis and Horus, 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high; and five green glazed composition shabtis, one with back-pillar inscribed for "Ta-en-amen, born to Sopdet-en-ha", circa 7th-2nd Century B.C., 5½ in. (14 cm.) high max. (11)
LATE PERIOD/PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 6TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.
Holding finger to mouth, 2¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high; a turquoise glazed composition figure of Ptaichos, with mount, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; three bronze figures of Osiris, 5 5/8 to 2 3/8 in. (14.3 to 6.2 cm.) high; a bronze figure of seated Isis and Horus, 2½ in. (6.3 cm.) high; and five green glazed composition shabtis, one with back-pillar inscribed for "Ta-en-amen, born to Sopdet-en-ha", circa 7th-2nd Century B.C., 5½ in. (14 cm.) high max. (11)
Provenance
Harpocrates: formerly in a private museum, Bath, acquired in the 19th Century.
Isis and Horus: label on base, "R. H. Blanchard. Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt". Reputedly from Zagazig.
Other items: English private collections. Old ink inscribed label on base of Ptaichos mount.
Isis and Horus: label on base, "R. H. Blanchard. Blanchard's Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt". Reputedly from Zagazig.
Other items: English private collections. Old ink inscribed label on base of Ptaichos mount.
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