Magical gem: Harpocrates on a lotus, bull
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3006
ID-Number:
VAT_Biblioteca Vaticana, IV 157
Inventory:
IV 157
References:
Mastrocinque, SGG I, 39
Former Collections:
Borgia, Stefano (Velletri 1731 – Lione 1804)
Material:
jasper, green to black
Iconography:
protomes of animals (2); crown, unspecified; plant: lotus flower; gesture, hand raised to mouth; animal: bull; flail; Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; boat, papyrus?; head, of ram; head, of lion; plant: lotus buds (2)
Description: Transverse oval. Dark green jasper (Mastrocinque) or nephrite (Zoega).
A: Crowned Harpocrates sitting to left on a lotus flower with two buds, situated at the left end of a boat. Left hand raised to mouth, right hand holding a flail. Both ends of the boat are decorated with animal heads: the left is that of a lion, the right is that of a ram. A large bull stands in front of the young Horus, facing to right.
B: Insufficient information.
Bibliography
Georg Zoëga, in Musei d'Italia III /1880/, 442, no. 42.
SGG I, 173–174, no. 39 (with earlier literature)
Images
Cast of CBd-3006 in the Gems Database of the Beazley Archive, Oxford
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CBd-3006. 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/3006 on 23-11-2024.
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