拍品專文
Recognised in Roman times as a bringer of fertility and child of the resurrected Osiris, Harpocrates was often represented with a disproportionately large phallus, representing the renewal of life.
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ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA FIGURE OF ITHYPHALLIC HARPOCRATES
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The young god depicted nude, with a large phallus, seated on a draped throne, wearing the nemes headdress surmounted by a hemhem-crown, with his left arm held by his side, his right arm raised up in blessing, a frieze of uraei above, a circular vent hole at the back
5 ¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
The young god depicted nude, with a large phallus, seated on a draped throne, wearing the nemes headdress surmounted by a hemhem-crown, with his left arm held by his side, his right arm raised up in blessing, a frieze of uraei above, a circular vent hole at the back
5 ¼ in. (13.4 cm.) high
來源
Alton Edward Mills (1882-1970), Switzerland; and thence by descent to the present owner.
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榮譽呈獻
Georgiana Aitken
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