Drawing of a magical gem: Harpocrates sitting on a lotus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-2932
ID-Number:
Wu_Ex St. Geneviève, Du Molinet pl. 29, XV
Collection:
Int_Whereabouts unknown
Inventory:
Ex St. Geneviève, Du Molinet pl. 29, XV
Former Collections:
Abbey of St Geneviève, Paris
Material:
magnetite (black)
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; gesture, hand raised to mouth; crown, lotus; flail?
A: Harpocrates sitting to right, with knees drawn up, on a lotus flower. He is crowned with a lotus-crown, his left hand is raised to his mouth, his right hand holds a rod or a flail (?).
B: Insufficient infomation.
Bibliography
Du Molinet 1692, 128–129, XV.
B: Insufficient infomation.
Bibliography
Du Molinet 1692, 128–129, XV.
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CBd-2932. The Campbell Bonner Magical Gems Database (2010-), developed at the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, editor-in-chief: Á. M. Nagy.
Retrieved from: cbd.mfab.hu/cbd/2932 on 27-09-2023.
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