<http://schema.org/description>
"Here you find an Egyptian terracotta depicting Harpokrates seated on a cloth draped over the black of an elephant, the god depicted nude, wearing a crown, his right index finger raised to his lips, holding a jar in his left hand, the elephant supporting a disk, perhaps a tambourine, on his trunk. Dates to approx 2nd cent. AD. Measures 8 inches in height. &lt;p&gt;\r\n\r\nProvenance: Collected by Gustave J\u00E9quier (1868-1946) &lt;p&gt;\r\nExhibited at Christies Auction House, USA, 2007 &lt;p&gt;\r\nEx. Canadian Collection, 2009&lt;P&gt;\r\n\r\nGalleria Delvecchio .\u2026  \u201Cis pleased to present a collection of Egyptian antiquities assembled by the celebrated Swiss Egyptologist Gustave J\u00E9quier. J\u00E9quier was born in 1868 in Neuchatel.  He first studied in Paris under Gaston Maspero (1846-1916) and later went to Berlin before joining the de Morgan expedition to Persia, during which time he contributed to the discovery and decipherment of the code of Hammurabi. Gustave J\u00E9quier was a giant in the field of Egyptology whose contributions are far too numerous to list here.  He is best know for his association with the French Institute in Cairo which enabled him to engage in seminal research at the pyramid site of the Old Kingdom. He also completed the work begun at Abydos by his Swiss compatriot, [Henri] Eduard Naville (1844-1926).  The two are considered to be Switzerland\u2019s most preeminent Egyptologists.  One of J\u00E9quier\u2019s most important discoveries  was the 13th Dynasty pyramid of Khendjer.  He wrote extensively on his history of Egyptian architecture, and published on philology and religion as well.  Gustave J\u00E9quier died in 1946 in the city in which he was born, and most of his collection was acquired by the University of Basel.  The works of art presented here were given to a sibling who emigrated to the US in the late 1940\u2019s; the collection later passed to their daughter, J\u00E9quier\u2019s niece.\u201D  \r\n"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://www.trocadero.com/stores/galleriadelvecchio/items/883187/EGYPTIAN-TERRACOTTA-FIGURE-Gustave-Jequier1868-1946>