Lot 13
**Originally Listed At $500**
Egypt, Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic Period, ca. 664 to 30 BCE; Romano-Egyptian period, ca. 1st to 3rd century CE. A lovely pair of examples from ancient Egypt: a Romano-Egyptian pottery relief of young Horus, known as Harpokrates (or Harpocrates), and a Late Dynastic to Ptolemaic faience amulet depicting Duamutef, the jackal-headed son of Horus. Displayed bare-chested with a side lock of hair, Harpokrates is seated and holds his left forefinger to his lip - a realization of the Egyptian hieroglyph for child which was later misinterpreted by the Greeks and Romans to signify Harpokrates as the god of silence and secrecy. Alternatively, Duamutef is shown in typical 2-dimensional rendering with straight legs, protruding feet, and a lengthy wig covering his perky ears and narrow snout, all enveloped in azure-hued glaze with black-painted details. Perforations through his head and feet show how this amulet was bound to the linings of a linen-wrapped mummy. Size of larger (Harpokrates): 1.6" W x 2.9" H (4.1 cm x 7.4 cm); of wooden plaque: 3.3" W x 4.6" H (8.4 cm x 11.7 cm)
Along with his brothers Imsety, Hapi, and Qebehsenuef, Duamutef and the Sons of Horus were tasked with protecting the interior organs of a mummified individual. Duamutef was charged with specifically protecting the stomach, was oriented with the eastern direction, and was himself protected by the goddess Neith.
Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-Jay I. Kislak collection, Miami, Florida, USA, 1990s
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- Condition: The Harpokrates relief is a fragment of a larger piece with chipping to edges. Both have expected nicks and surface wear, but otherwise Son of Horus is intact, and both are in very nice with liberal preservation of detail and light earthen deposits. Harpokrates is mounted to a wooden plaque with a suspension hook on the verso for display, while ancient suspension holes in Son of Horus allow him to be worn as a pendant.
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