Figurine; Fayoum; Figurines; Paint; Ceramic; Harpocrates on a goose

Notes:

Yellow-brown clay. Harpocrates, fully draped and seated on a goose, holds a cornucopia in his left arm and raises the forefinger of his right hand to his chin. A double crown on the mass of shoulder-length snail curls and wavy locks which fall on forehead. A sidelock is also present. Long eyes deeply set. Plump garlanded goose in full right profile. Details of leg, webbed foot, and feathered wing are carefully modeled. Clumsy seam on head. High circular base worked only in front. Back rounded, unworked and flaked away. Traces of red paint on hair and web, green on drapery, and yellow on goose. Hollow-molded in two halves, sealed at sides. Surface blackened from burning. Scattered abrasions and wear. Bottom open. Circular vent back. Hole in front wall between legs of Harpocrates.

Data Provider:

University of Michigan. Libraries

Collection:

Kelsey Museum of Archaeology

Subject Topic:

Fayoum; Figurines; Egypt

Language:

UND

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URL:

http://name.umdl.umich.edu/IC-KELSEY-X-0000.00.6948%5D0000_00_6948P02.TIF