A Romano-Egyptian terracotta figure of Harpocrates

1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.

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A Romano-Egyptian terracotta figure of Harpocrates
1st Century B.C./A.D.
Mounted on a high-stepping horse, wearing a short tunic and wide wreath surmounted by a double-crown, his right forefinger to his lips, small circular vent at back, 6 7/8 in. (17.4 cm.) high; another of Harpocrates seated on a wide spreading throne, holding a honey-jar in the crook of his left arm, right forefinger to his lips and wearing the side-lock of youth, traces of blue polychrome over white slip, small circular vent, 6 in. (15.2 cm.) high; and a Canosan terracotta model of a child's left hand holding a bird, upper forefinger missing, mounted, circa 3rd Century B.C., 3 1/8 in. (8 cm.) high (3)

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