Bronze Sculpture of the God Horus/Harpocrates - FZ.017 Origin: Egypt Circa: 600
BC
to 300
BC Dimensions:6.125" (15.6cm) high Catalogue: V1 Collection: Egyptian Antiquities Medium: Bronze
In spite of the childlike gesture this
youthful
figure makes with his finger, we are
immediately
aware that we are in the presence of a
god.
Horus/Harpocrates is the personification
of the
Pharaoh on earth, and the elaborate
ceremonial
crown this child wears immediately
confirms his
lofty royal rank. We are simultaneously
confronted with something touchingly
human
and yet recognizably divine. This
splendid
stature seems to reach to the very heart
of the
ancient Egyptian culture.
- (FZ.017)