ClassificationsAncient Egyptian Art
Harpocrates
Place CreatedEgypt, Africa
CultureEgyptian
PeriodRoman Period
Date30 BCE-323 CE
MediumCeramic
Credit LineGift of the Georges Ricard Foundation
Dimensions4 7/16 x 2 15/16 x 1 5/16 in., 100 g (11.2 x 7.4 x 3.4 cm, 3 1/2 oz.)
Object number2018.010.367
Label TextAfter the defeat of Cleopatra VII by Octavian (the future Augustus Caesar) in 30 BCE, Egypt became one of Rome's wealthiest provinces and was closely connected to the wider empire. As people, goods, and ideas moved across the Roman world, new artistic styles and media mixed with established Egyptian cultural expressions. Egyptian gods, like Horus the Child, began to take on forms that blended Egyptian, Greek, and Roman elements.Published ReferencesHotel des Ventes, Marseille, Archeologie - Objets de Fouille (23 Mars 1972), lot 111.
ProvenancePurchased by Georges Ricard (1921-2012) from Hotel des Ventes, Marseille, France, March 23, 1972, lot 111. Ex coll. Musée de l'Égypte et le Monde Antique, Collection Sanousrit, Monaco, 1975-1982. Ex coll. Georges Ricard Foundation, Santa Barbara, California.
Status
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- Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art
332 BCE-642 CE
ca. 1st Century CE
late 1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
ca. 2nd Century CE
305 BCE-323 CE
1st Century BCE-2nd Century CE
1st Century BCE-1st Century CE
404-343 BCE
3rd-2nd Century BCE
late 1st Century BCE
1st Century BCE
late 1st-2nd Century CE
