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Auction archive: Lot number 249

A bronze figure of Isis suckling Harpocrates

Auction 03.07.1996
3 Jul 1996
Estimate
£900 - £1,200
ca. US$1,398 - US$1,864
Price realised:
£862
ca. US$1,339
Auction archive: Lot number 249

A bronze figure of Isis suckling Harpocrates

Auction 03.07.1996
3 Jul 1996
Estimate
£900 - £1,200
ca. US$1,398 - US$1,864
Price realised:
£862
ca. US$1,339
Beschreibung:

A bronze figure of Isis suckling Harpocrates Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. The seated goddess cradling the child on her lap, her right hand to her breast, wearing a tripartite wig with uraeus and a sun disc headdress between cow's horns, mounted; and a Roman bronze bust of Zeus Serapis, hollow cast, the bearded god with luxuriant curling locks caught under a fillet, wearing a himation tied over his left shoulder, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. 4¼in. (10.7cm.) and 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high respectively (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 249
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jul 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
Beschreibung:

A bronze figure of Isis suckling Harpocrates Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C. The seated goddess cradling the child on her lap, her right hand to her breast, wearing a tripartite wig with uraeus and a sun disc headdress between cow's horns, mounted; and a Roman bronze bust of Zeus Serapis, hollow cast, the bearded god with luxuriant curling locks caught under a fillet, wearing a himation tied over his left shoulder, circa 1st Century B.C./A.D. 4¼in. (10.7cm.) and 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high respectively (2)

Auction archive: Lot number 249
Auction:
Datum:
3 Jul 1996
Auction house:
Christie's
London, King Street
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