C. 664-343 BC – Late Period

An Egyptian bronze statuette of the seated child god, Harpocrates, wearing the Hem-hem crown, and the Nemes headdress. The hem-hem crown is an elaborate royal crown consisting of two horns, sun disks at the top of each hem element, atefs and two uraeus.

The nude child god, holds his right index finger to his mouth, (a child-like gesture), with both hands at the sides, and the thick sidelock attached on the right side of his nemes. The Nemes is a striped linen headdress that draped on the shoulders and had a tail at centre back, which was only worn by royals in ancient Egypt.

Intact with some earthy surface deposits and fine detail.

Ref: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 64.77.

Provenance: Ex Fitzthum collection, Vermont. Acquired New York 2000.
Ex Royal Athena gallery, 2008.
Ex Keane Collection.

Size: 149mm (without stand)
198mm (with stand)