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Origin: Egypt
Circa: 600 BC to 300 BC
Dimensions: 6.125" (15.6cm) high
Catalogue: V1
Collection: Egyptian Antiquities
Style: Late Dynastic Period
Medium: Bronze
In spite of the childlike gesture this youthful figure makes with his finger, we are immediately aware that we are in the presence of a god. Horus/Harpocrates is the personification of the Pharaoh on earth, and the elaborate ceremonial crown this child wears immediately confirms his lofty royal rank. We are simultaneously confronted with something touchingly human and yet recognizably divine. This splendid stature seems to reach to the very heart of the ancient Egyptian culture. - (FZ.017)
Antiquities
Ancient Egyptian
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