Egyptian figure of Harpokrates wearing a long tunic. The child god is putting his right hand into a pot which is much like the cornucopia a symbol of abundance.
The head is superbly delineated with heavy-lidded eyes, a big nose and fleshy lips. A Herakles knot with two feathers top the round forehead.
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Blue faience shabti with six lines of horizontal text beginning below the crossed arms. Fine hieroglyphs with exceptional orthography and archaic vocabulary, version VII-A of the shabti spell.
Ankh-Hor was Governor of Upper Egypt under Psammetichus II and Apries (589-570 BC). He was also entitled as Chief Steward of the Divine Adoratrice Nitocris I (daughter of the founder of the 26th Dynasty Psammetichus I).
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Youthful head with heavy-lidded eyes, small angular nose and pouty lips.
The elaborate coiffure surrounded by a stippled and ribboned floral wreath. The straight hair drawn back behind the youths large ears.
Terracotta
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Group of five Egyptian terracotta heads comprising: Grotesque head of a man showing a dramatic gaze (red pigment); head of a bald child; Roman period grotesque head; larger head of Isis-Aphrodite with straight curls; head of a child with pointed cap.
Terracotta.
Egypt, Hellenistic to Roman Period, 2nd century BC to 3rd century AD.
H. 2.8 cm (1.1 in), H. 5.4 cm (2.1 in).
Fragmentary. Some heads nicely modeled, some worn or chipped in places.
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Group of five Egyptian terracotta heads comprising: Chubby head of the Harpokrates child with stippled wreath and crown; fine head of a youth wearing a pointed cap; a couple of Roman period grotesque heads wearing wreaths and crowns; worn head of Harpokrates.
Terracotta.
Egypt, Hellenistic to Roman Period, 2nd century BC to 3rd century AD.
H. 3.3 cm (1.3 in), H. 8.8 cm (3.46 in).
Fragmentary. Some heads nicely modeled, some worn or chipped in places.
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Group of five Egyptian terracotta heads comprising: Roman period female head; grotesque head with negroid features; fine head of a youth wearing a pointed cap; head of an infant; nicely modeled head of Harpokrates wearing a large wreath and crown.
Terracotta.
Egypt, Hellenistic to Roman Period, 2nd century BC to 3rd century AD.
H. 4.1 cm (1.6 in), H. 4.6 cm (1.8 in).
Fragmentary. Some heads nicely modeled, some worn or chipped in places. The Harpokrates reassembled with white glue.
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Group of five Egyptian terracotta heads comprising: Head of a bald child; large head of Isis/Artemis; Hellenistic head of the bearded Herakles; two wreathed heads of Harpokrates.
Terracotta.
Egypt, Hellenistic to Roman Period, 2nd century BC to 3rd century AD.
H. 2.7 cm (1.06 in), H. 5.7 cm (2.25 in).
Fragmentary. Some heads nicely modeled, some worn or chipped in places.
Israel art market (copy of the export permit included)
Serene female head with finely modeled facial features. The elongated head shows a prominent nose, fleshy lips and a round chin. The heavy lids narrow her eyes to slits. The free-modeled hairdo is parted at center and topped by a crown.
The head orientates on Hellenistic types and is most likely from Egypt.
For a related head cf. lot no. 1186 in: Wolfgang Schürmann. Katalog der antiken Terrakotten im Badischen Landesmuseum Karlsruhe. Göteborg 1989.
Terracotta.
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Little child with chubby features and knob-like eyes wearing some kind of casket.
Terracotta.
Egypt, 1st century BC 1st century AD.
H. 3.7 cm (1.45 in), H. with stand 10 cm (3.9 in).
Broken at the neck level. Nice preservation.
Israel Antiquities Export Approval.
Very rare terracotta ear of a cow. The cow is one of the symbols of Isis.
Terracotta.
Egypt, probably 2nd/3rd century AD.
H. 4.9 cm (1.9 in).
Thin chip out of one edge. Otherwise intact.
Israel Antiquities Export Approval.
