Ancient Egyptian Bronze Figure of the God Harpocrates. Late Period, 664 - 332 BC. 14 cm height.

Figure of the God Harpocrates.

- The stand is NOT included -

Ancient Egypt, Late Period, 664 - 332 BC

Bronce.

14 cm height.

Condition: Good condition.

Provenance: Private collection, Guiot, Le Mans, France. Acquired by inheritance from his grandfather who was a gallery owner in Paris of both paintings and engravings. 1960 - 1980.

Description:

Harpocrates, or Horus child, is a native of Heliopolis, as the son of Isis and Osiris. He was revered in many other temples, as at Edfu, Thebes, Copts, Mendes, in which he was adored taken with other forms of Horus. Harpocrates is the living symbol of the sunshine at the arrival of spring. He was born after the death of his father Osiris. He is represented as a weak child, who had to be hidden by his mother, the goddess Isis, in the marshes of the Nile Delta, to protect it from the evil Seth, his father's brother. But just as the weak morning sun becomes a powerful sun, the child becomes the strong god Horus in order to revenge the death of his father, by fighting Seth. This is how his mother, Isis, made him the great Horus to rule over men and gods.

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