CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN BRONZE HARPOKRATES
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god depicted nude but for sandals and a mantle draped over his left shoulder and arm, standing in a languid pose with his weight on his right leg, the left advanced and bent at the knee, his right shoulder sloping, with the arm bent acutely, his forefinger raised to his lips, the left arm lowered and bent at the elbow, his head tilted to his right with his gaze angled down, his hair bound in a foliate wreath, his head surmounted by a diminutive pschent-crown
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY A.D.
The god depicted nude but for sandals and a mantle draped over his left shoulder and arm, standing in a languid pose with his weight on his right leg, the left advanced and bent at the knee, his right shoulder sloping, with the arm bent acutely, his forefinger raised to his lips, the left arm lowered and bent at the elbow, his head tilted to his right with his gaze angled down, his hair bound in a foliate wreath, his head surmounted by a diminutive pschent-crown
10 in. (25.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Japanese Private Collection, 1981.
Literature
G. Lecuyot, "Un Harpocrate bactrien," in Bulletin of the Asia Institute, vol. 12, 1998, p.113-119.
O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, and C. Sachs, eds., De l'Indus l'Oxus, archéologie de l'Asie centrale, 2003, no. 282.
O. Bopearachchi, C. Landes, and C. Sachs, eds., De l'Indus l'Oxus, archéologie de l'Asie centrale, 2003, no. 282.
Exhibited
Lattes, Musée archéologique Henri-Prades, De l'Indus à l'Oxus, Archéologie de l'Asie centrale, 16 April - 31 August 2003.
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