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Harpocrates statuette

Acephalous figure of Harpocrates, standing and striding with left leg forward. The neck has been filed off recently. Harpocrates is bringing his right hand to his mouth, the left arm is at side, the hand clenched in a fist. The feet rest on a hollow rectangular base. The object is made in the lost-wax technique for solid casts.

Cat. 7324
Metal / Bronze
332–30 BCE
Hellenistic Period (?)
Unknown
Old Fund, 1824–1888
Not on display
Museo Egizio