Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Schoske & Wildung, 1993, p. 48, no. 29.
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 152, no. R-441.
Schoske & Wildung, 1993, p. 48, no. 29.
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 152, no. R-441.
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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 663-323 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE HARPOCRATES
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 663-323 B.C.
The nude god striding forwards, with right forefinger to his lips, his left hand clenched by his side, wearing a plaited sidelock and the Red Crown fronted by a uraeus, an atef-crown above, resting on twisting rams horns with double uraei wearing sun-discs
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 663-323 B.C.
The nude god striding forwards, with right forefinger to his lips, his left hand clenched by his side, wearing a plaited sidelock and the Red Crown fronted by a uraeus, an atef-crown above, resting on twisting rams horns with double uraei wearing sun-discs
5 ¾ in. (14.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Hans Wolfgang Mueller (1907-1991) collection. Mueller was the former Director of the Aegyptische Museum, Munich.
Resandro collection, acquired from the above in 1982.
Resandro collection, acquired from the above in 1982.
Exhibited
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst Munchen; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.
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