Terracotta figurine of Harpocrates (Harpakhered) riding a duck. He has curly hair with a floral headdress and the Double Crown on the top. He is pressing the right index finger to his mouth while holding a jar in his left arm. The child god is naked and sitting sideways on a disproportionately large duck. The figurine is flat on the back. The object is hollow with an opening at the bottom and a hole in the back. It is made of orange fabric. Previously part of the collection of Frederick George Hilton Price (number 3251), which was sold at auction in 1911 (lot 764). It was purchased by the dealers J. E. & E. K. Preston before becoming part of the Kent collection. It was later bequeathed to Harrogate Museum in 1968. The Hilton Price catalogue lists the object as coming from the Fayum. Terracotta figures like this date to the Graeco-Roman Period.
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