A PTOLEMAIC SOLID GOLD AMULET OF HARPOCRATES

CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A PTOLEMAIC SOLID GOLD AMULET OF HARPOCRATES
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
The young deity with attributes of Eros, standing naked, wearing an ivy-leaf fillet and the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, holding a cornucopia in his crooked left arm and with right forefinger to his lips in characteristic pose, wings and quiver on his back, on integral rectangular base with a Horus falcon and dog flanking him, a diminutive turtle between his feet, a suspension loop behind; and a Greek gold earring pendant in the form of a naked Eros with large wings, late 4th Century B.C.
.7/8 in. (2.1 cm.) and ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) high respectively (2)

Provenance

Bense collection: sold Sotheby's, London, 14 December 1995, lots 222 and 217 (part lot).
Item two (Eros): reputedly De Clerq collection, Paris.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Item one (Harpocrates): Mnzen und Medaillen A. G., Basel, Sonderliste M, September 1970, p. 31, no. 76, ill. on p. 32.

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