AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION HEAD OF HARPOCRATES
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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION HEAD OF HARPOCRATES

CIRCA DYNASTY XXVI (664-525 B.C.)

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AN EGYPTIAN PALE GREEN GLAZED COMPOSITION HEAD OF HARPOCRATES
CIRCA DYNASTY XXVI (664-525 B.C.)
Wearing detailed cap with the plaited side-lock of youth and central uraeus; a green-turquoise glazed composition head of Ptaichos, wearing skull-cap, with finely modelled facial features, a ribbed suspension loop at back of neck, circa Dynasty XXVI (664-525 B.C.); an Egyptian style turquoise glass head wearing floral crown, pierced ears, mounted together; and an Egyptian miniature pale green faience head of Isis with striated wig and remains of hieroglyphic headdress, mounted, Late Period, circa 5th-4th Century B.C.
1 in. (2.4 cm.) high max. (4)
Provenance
Items one-three: acquired from Landau, Paris, 1975.
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Lot Essay

See illustration on page 43 for item four.

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