A ROMAN GOLD AMULET FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

Property from a Swiss Private Collection
A ROMAN GOLD AMULET FIGURE OF HARPOCRATES, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D.

standing on a quadrangular base, leaning on a knotty vine, and holding his right forefinger to his mouth, his hair surmounted by a wreath of ivy leaves, his headdress missing, a fragmentary suspension loop behind.
Height 3.7 cm.

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Provenance:
Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired in the 1950s/1960s

by descent to the present owner