Lot Essay
Item one: the base with white ink "568".
Item two: "ABYDOS" in black ink on the base.
Item two: "ABYDOS" in black ink on the base.
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LATE PERIOD (664-332 B.C.)
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES
LATE PERIOD (664-332 B.C.)
The striding nude deity with right forefinger to his lips, wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, with central uraeus and the side-lock of youth, on integral rectangular base, blue and green patination, 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high; an Egyptian brown stone figure of a crocodile with incised markings, Ptolemaic Period (circa 304-30 B.C.), 4¾ in. (12 cm.) long; a bronze standing mummiform figure of Osiris holding crook and flail, the head (perhaps from another statue) wearing the atef-crown with central uraeus and flanked by rams' horns and twin uraei, repaired, mounted, 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, circa 6th-4th Century B.C.; and an Egyptian style bronze Osiris figure, mounted, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high (4)
LATE PERIOD (664-332 B.C.)
The striding nude deity with right forefinger to his lips, wearing the Double Crown of Upper and Lower Egypt, with central uraeus and the side-lock of youth, on integral rectangular base, blue and green patination, 8 1/8 in. (20.6 cm.) high; an Egyptian brown stone figure of a crocodile with incised markings, Ptolemaic Period (circa 304-30 B.C.), 4¾ in. (12 cm.) long; a bronze standing mummiform figure of Osiris holding crook and flail, the head (perhaps from another statue) wearing the atef-crown with central uraeus and flanked by rams' horns and twin uraei, repaired, mounted, 9¾ in. (24.7 cm.) high, circa 6th-4th Century B.C.; and an Egyptian style bronze Osiris figure, mounted, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) high (4)
Provenance
Collection of the late Gavin Todhunter.
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