Egypt/Roman Bronze Extremely Rare Herpocrates Statue
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Bronze Extreelm Rare Harpocrates Statue from the Egyptian/Roman period (100–200 AD), in very good plus condition, acquired in 2025 from a private collection via an auction house, previously owned since 1990, provenance Germany.
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Extreem Rare Statue of Harpocrates Egypt/Roman Period 100-200 AD
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Harpocrates from the Egyptian child-god Horus, who represented the newborn sun, rising each day at dawn. The name \"Harpocrates\" originated as a Hellenization of the Egyptian Har-pa-khered or Heru-pa-khered, meaning \"Horus the Child\".
Horus the Child was depicted as a naked boy with his finger to his mouth as if sucking on it, an Egyptian artistic convention for representing a child. Greeks and Romans misunderstood this pose as a gesture of silence and interpreted Harpocrates as the god of secrecy.
Height : 49.1 mm
Wide : 20.1 mm
Weight : 23.06 Grams
Material : Bronze
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Extreem Rare Statue of Harpocrates Egypt/Roman Period 100-200 AD
Top Patina !!!!!
Harpocrates from the Egyptian child-god Horus, who represented the newborn sun, rising each day at dawn. The name \"Harpocrates\" originated as a Hellenization of the Egyptian Har-pa-khered or Heru-pa-khered, meaning \"Horus the Child\".
Horus the Child was depicted as a naked boy with his finger to his mouth as if sucking on it, an Egyptian artistic convention for representing a child. Greeks and Romans misunderstood this pose as a gesture of silence and interpreted Harpocrates as the god of secrecy.
Height : 49.1 mm
Wide : 20.1 mm
Weight : 23.06 Grams
Material : Bronze
See images for own impression .
Details
Culture
Egypt/Roman
Century/timeframe
100-200 AD
Name of object
Extremely Rare Herpocrates Statue
Acquired from
Auction house
Year acquired
2025
Material
Bronze
Country acquired from
Germany
Condition
Very good +
Previous owner acquired from
Private collection
Previous owner - year acquired
1990
Previous owner - country acquired from
Germany
I verify that I have obtained this object legally and that I am allowed to sell it
Yes
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