Magical gem: Horus on the lotus flower (A) ἡ χάρις (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2361
ID-Number:
US-Malibu-Getty_84.AN.1.74
Collection:
US_Malibu, J. Paul Getty Museum
Inventory:
84.AN.1.74
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.d_1-2
Former Collections:
Int_Art market (Frank Sternberg AG, Zürich); Mezzacappa, Damon (1936–2015) New York
Material:
glass, green
Dimensions:
20 x 16 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; gesture, hand raised to mouth; flail; plant: lotus buds (2); solar disk; side-lock of youth
Description: Upright oval, both faces flat. Shape 8–9. Bluish green glass. Intact.
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to right, upon a lotus flower with two buds. Head crowned with the solar disk, side-lock of youth visible. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail.
B: Inscription in three lines: ηχ|αρι|σ → ἡ χάρις. 'Grace.' Love charm? See e. g. CBd-533, CBd-534.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 19.1.d_1–2 (same piece listed twice).
Sternberg, Auction 11, lot 1136.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2361
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to right, upon a lotus flower with two buds. Head crowned with the solar disk, side-lock of youth visible. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail.
B: Inscription in three lines: ηχ|αρι|σ → ἡ χάρις. 'Grace.' Love charm? See e. g. CBd-533, CBd-534.
/Description: Jeffrey Spier – CBd/
Bibliography
Michel, DMG, 19.1.d_1–2 (same piece listed twice).
Sternberg, Auction 11, lot 1136.
The J. Paul Getty Museum Collection Online on CBd-2361
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CBd-2361. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
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