891 - Three small ancient Egyptian figurines, amulets made of bronze and faience from the Late Period and the Hellenistic period, mid-1st millennium B.C. – 1st century A.D.

Three small ancient Egyptian figurines, amulets made of bronze and faience from the Late Period and the Hellenistic period, mid-1st millennium B.C. – 1st century A.D. 1) Bronze figurine of the ithyphallic deity Min standing with his legs together (resembling a mummy wrapped in bandages), wearing a feathered crown, a beard, and holding a flail in his right hand, which is bent upward. The left arm, bent downward, holds the erect phallus in its hand. Dark green patina. Intact. Mounted on a Plexiglas base. Late Period, mid-1st millennium BCE. Height without base 5.6 cm, with base 6.9 cm. 2) Faience figurine of the deity Min, similar to the one above. Intact. Mounted on a Plexiglas base. Late Period, mid-1st millennium BCE. Height without base: 2.7 cm; with base: 3.7 cm. 3) Bronze figurine of Harpocrates with a boy’s hairstyle in contrapposto. Holding a cornucopia in his left hand, with his right index finger raised to his mouth. Dark green patina. Intact. Mounted on a Plexiglas base. Late Period, mid-1st millennium BCE. Height without base: 3.6 cm; with base: 4.5 cm. CULTURAL HERITAGE! Provenance: Private collection in eastern Germany (estate in the Berlin area), acquired on the art market: 1) Helios Gallery, Great Britain, 2013. Previously in the collection of Joseph Klein, New York (before 1980) 2) Augsburg 2012. Previously in a German private collection; before that, in the Benedict Collection (circa 1900). 3) Augsburg 2022. Previously in the French private collection of F. A. (Paris, before 1983). Condition: I–II