H x W x D: 15 x 4.1 x 3.3 cm (5 7/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/16 in)
Type:
Sculpture
Origin:
Egypt
Date:
ca. 525-520 BCE
Period:
Dynasty 26
Description:
Bronze seated statuette of the god Harpocrates (no throne). Nemes headdress with side-lock, eyes and necklace inlaid in gold. Stripes of headdress inlaid in copper (?). Right hand to mouth, left hand by thigh. Feet rest on base, sides of which are inscribed; front of base lost.
Inscriptions:
Inscription on the base.
Provenance:
To 1908
Maurice Nahman (1868-1948), Cairo, Egypt, to 1908 [1]
From 1908 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Maurice Nahman, Cairo, in 1908 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 46, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1.
[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
A Collector’s Eye: Freer in Egypt (January 28, 2023 to 2025)
Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (June 13, 1998 to October 2, 2011)
Art of Dynastic Egypt (December 15, 1976 to September 22, 1977)
