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Roman Terracotta Head Collection. 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. A group of votive terracotta figure heads comprising: two heads of the divine child Harpocrates, crowned with a thick wreath surmounted by the Pschent crown (the Pharaonic double crown of Upper and Lower Egypt) and five female heads with circular earrings and Graeco-Egyptian coiffures, one with horned headgear and another with a plumed propoloma; each mounted on a custom-made display stand. Cf. Savvopoulos, K., 'Popular divine imagery in Hellenistic and Roman Alexandria. The terracotta figurines collection of the Patriarchal Sacristy in Alexandria' in The Annual of the British School at Athens, 2019, pp.1-52, figs.13, 14, 18, 41, 42. 230 grams total, 44-68 mm high (290 grams total, 63-80 mm including stands) (1 3/4 - 2 1/2 in. (2 1/2 - 3 in.) North London gentleman, in storage since the 1970s. Property of a West London gentleman. These heads are all votive pieces linked to the cult of Egyptian deities within the Roman Empire, and are probably a product of a workshop in Alexandria. [7, No Reserve]

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