Tribal Art & Antiquities - 21st February 2018

Lot 18

A Romano Egyptian limestone torso of Harpocrates circa 1st - 2nd century AD depicted nude with...

Estimate £8,000 - £12,000

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Description

A Romano Egyptian limestone torso of Harpocrates

circa 1st - 2nd century AD

depicted nude with the plait of his sidelock over his left shoulder and with the folds of drapery over the same and his left arm,

57cm high, mounted. (2)

Provenance

French private collection, Aix-en-Provence, acquired in the 1950's.

UK private collection, London, acquired in the 1970's.

Bonhams, London, 3 April 2014, lot 191.