Drawing of a magical gem: Pantheos on Ouroboros (A) Harpocrates (B)
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2795
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex Chifletius–Macarius_VI 25
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Chifletius–Macarius_VI 25
References:
Chifletius–Macarius, no. VI 25; Mastrocinque, SGG I, 41
Former Collections:
Chifflet, Philippe (Philippus Chifletius, 1597–1657)
Material:
magnetite (black)
Iconography:
Pantheos; object, unidentified; crown, unspecified; scepter, unspecified; Ouroboros; crown (all types); flail?; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates; clothing: cap
A: Four-winged Pantheos, with a crown on the head and animal protomes around it, holding an unidentified object in his right hand a scepter (?) in his left, and standing on an Ouroboros. Above the right upper wing: a cross standing for the tip of another scepter (?).
B: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to right, upon a lotus flower with two buds. Head topped with a winged cap. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail (?).
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, VI 25
SGG I, no. 41 (with earlier literature)
B: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up, to right, upon a lotus flower with two buds. Head topped with a winged cap. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand bent in elbow and holding a flail (?).
Bibliography
Chifletius–Macarius, Abraxas, VI 25
SGG I, no. 41 (with earlier literature)
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CBd-2795. 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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