Harpokrates (Horus the Child)

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description The god of kingship is depicted as a child. He received his magical power from his mother, Isis.

Exhibitions

Faience: The Colors of the Heavens. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2003-2004.

Provenance Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown];Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 54, no. 477; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

4th century BCE (Late Period-early Ptolemaic)

Medium

Egyptian faience with green glaze
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.1597

Measurements

H: 2 11/16 x W: 1/2 x D: 13/16 in. (6.76 x 1.27 x 2.05 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View