Bidspirit auction | ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURINE OF HARPOCRATES

ROMANO-EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURINE OF HARPOCRATES - Ca. 30 BC - 200 BC. A bronze figurine of nude Harpocrates standing with his weight shifted to the right leg. His right hand is raised to the lips, and the left arm cradles a cornucopia extending downwards along the body. A rounded headdress surmounts the head, topped with the Pschent, the double crown. The body is rendered with defined musculature, with a slight curvature to the torso. The feet are positioned on an integrated base.For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 18.145.20.Size: 36.5mm x 10.5mm; Weight: 7.43gProvenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Holland art market in the 1990s.