2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
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A GROUP OF ROMANO-EGYPTIAN EROTIC TERRACOTTA FIGURES
2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Comprising a seated figure of Harpocrates, wearing the side-lock, holding a rattle(?) in his right hand, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; another of Harpocrates, fragmentary, shown with enlarged phallus, holding a jar under his left arm, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a figure of Baubo, squatting with legs drawn up, her left arm resting on her knee, her right hand between her legs, wearing a circular headdress, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; a seated ithyphallic figure playing a lyre, head missing, remains of gesso-painted decoration, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a seated figure of a bearded man, holding enlarged phallus in his right hand, 5.3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high; and a terracotta model of a phallus, 6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) long (6)
2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Comprising a seated figure of Harpocrates, wearing the side-lock, holding a rattle(?) in his right hand, 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high; another of Harpocrates, fragmentary, shown with enlarged phallus, holding a jar under his left arm, 4¾ in. (12 cm.) high; a figure of Baubo, squatting with legs drawn up, her left arm resting on her knee, her right hand between her legs, wearing a circular headdress, 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) high; a seated ithyphallic figure playing a lyre, head missing, remains of gesso-painted decoration, 2¾ in. (7 cm.) high; a seated figure of a bearded man, holding enlarged phallus in his right hand, 5.3/8 in. (13.7 cm.) high; and a terracotta model of a phallus, 6.3/8 in. (16.2 cm.) long (6)
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There are now five items in this lot; the figure on the right of the illustration has been withdrawn.