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Standing Harpocrates
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First figure on left of image.
Incomplete figurine; missing everything below the upper thigh, but otherwise in good condition.
Standing male child, dressed, leaning on an altar to the left. He wears a high crown over a wreath and diadem. Wavy hair, parted at the middle, frames the round face and falls down to chubby cheeks. “Squinting” eyes with both lids rendered in relief; flattened, round nose; narrow, puckered mouth with plump lips.
He wears a short-sleeved tunic with a plain, loose neck; vertical folds fall down the body in attempt at naturalism. The body is discernible underneath the tunic, especially the round abdomen, which sports a large, depressed navel. The right arm, bare, goes up across the chest, right hand resting at the neck and index finger on the mouth. The left arm embraces a long and narrow cornucopia (horn of plenty).
The boy leans on an altar placed at his left. Atop the altar, a brawny animal stands on two legs and faces forward; likely a falcon.
Hollow. Mold-made in a single-sided mold, likely plaster. Thick, plain back with partial circular venthole near mid body. Visible yet tidy join seams; carefully cleaned interior. Significant amount of surface detailing done through incision.
Pinkish brown clay with some grog inclusions.
Department of Ancient and Byzantine Art & Numismatics
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum Through Helmut von Erffa - Postage Fund
Title: Standing Harpocrates
Description:
First figure on left of image.
Incomplete figurine; missing everything below the upper thigh, but otherwise in good condition.
Standing male child, dressed, leaning on an altar to the left.
He wears a high crown over a wreath and diadem.
Wavy hair, parted at the middle, frames the round face and falls down to chubby cheeks.
“Squinting” eyes with both lids rendered in relief; flattened, round nose; narrow, puckered mouth with plump lips.
He wears a short-sleeved tunic with a plain, loose neck; vertical folds fall down the body in attempt at naturalism.
The body is discernible underneath the tunic, especially the round abdomen, which sports a large, depressed navel.
The right arm, bare, goes up across the chest, right hand resting at the neck and index finger on the mouth.
The left arm embraces a long and narrow cornucopia (horn of plenty).
The boy leans on an altar placed at his left.
Atop the altar, a brawny animal stands on two legs and faces forward; likely a falcon.
Hollow.
Mold-made in a single-sided mold, likely plaster.
Thick, plain back with partial circular venthole near mid body.
Visible yet tidy join seams; carefully cleaned interior.
Significant amount of surface detailing done through incision.
Pinkish brown clay with some grog inclusions.
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