An ancient Egyptian bronze statuette of the god Harpokrates; nude, seated and pointing his right forefinger to his mouth, his feet resting on a trapezoidal foot stool; wearing the sidelock of youth, nemes head cloth with uraeus, diadem, and fragmentary hemhem crown.
Harpokrates, the infant son of Isis and Horus was a symbol of youth and fertility. He was essentially a patron deity of childhood, especially popular in the Late Period. Often depicting suckling Isis, wearing the side lock of youth, and with his index finger to his mouth.
$7,500
