Magical gem in a modern gold ring: Harpocrates on a lotus
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CBd-Number:
CBd-3180
ID-Number:
NL-Leiden-RMO_GS-01120
Collection:
NL_Leiden, Rijksmuseum van Oudheden
Inventory:
GS-01120
References:
Michel, DMG, no. 19.1.a_1
Former Collections:
Hague, Royal Coin Cabinet
Material:
jasper, green and red
Dimensions:
16 x 13 x 3 mm
Iconography:
Harpocrates seated with knees drawn up; Harpocrates sitting on lotus flower; flail; gesture, hand raised to mouth; crown, lotus; plant: branches
Description: Upright oval, side A flat or lightly convex. Green jasper with red spots (heliotrope), damaged at the left border, otherwise intact. Set in a modern gold ring.
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up on a lotus flower with two branches,the chalice of the flower resembling a boat. Head and feet to right. Head crowned with the lotus-crown. Right hand holding a flail, left hand raised to mouth.
B: Hidden.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1164.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 355-356, no. 1120.
Michel, DMG, 19.1.a_1.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3180
A: Harpocrates sitting nude with knees drawn up on a lotus flower with two branches,the chalice of the flower resembling a boat. Head and feet to right. Head crowned with the lotus-crown. Right hand holding a flail, left hand raised to mouth.
B: Hidden.
Bibliography
Jonge, CdE, no. 1164.
Maaskant-Kleibrink 1978, 355-356, no. 1120.
Michel, DMG, 19.1.a_1.
Rijksmuseum website on CBd-3180
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CBd-3180. 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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