AN EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN HEAD OF HARPOKRATES
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.
Likely from an amulet, the child god with an oval face, full lips, aquiline nose, large almond-shaped eyes with conforming brows, and protruding ears, wearing a cap-crown adorned with a uraeus and the side lock of youth
7/8 in. (2.2 cm.) high
來源
Acquired by the current owner in 1965.
拍品專文
For similar amulets of Harpokrates, in black steatite and glazed composition, see nos. 10a-f in Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt.