AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE STATUE OF HARPOCRATES

Circa 4th - 1st Century B. C.
The seated nude deity with right forefinger to his lips, wearing a nemes headdress with side-lock of youth and central uraeus, surmounted by a finely detailed hemhemt crown, mounted.15.8 cmProvenance:Acquired from Phocion J. Tano, Cairo. An accompanied signed business card from Phocion Tano is inscribed "Il est trove a Mentelis dans la Basse Egypte...".