Beschreibung : AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BES ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. Mold-made, the dwarf god standing on an integral base, his corpulent thighs tapering to slender ankles and feet, the toes delineated, with two serpents resting on either side of his protruding belly, his genitalia articulated, holding a circular shield with a raised central boss, his face with large eyes, broad curving brows, protruding ears, a wide pug nose with the nostrils indicated, a straight mouth crowned in his characteristic headdress, the plumes now missing 16 1/8 in. (39.9 cm.) high
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Über das Lot Chargen- 72 Titel : AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BES, EPOCHE : CIRCA 2 Größe : (39.9 cm.) high Herkunft : Dr. Antonio Martin Araujo, Venezuelan Ambassador to Egypt, 1959.
with Petit Musee, Montreal, early 1970s.
with John Rilling, California, 18 November 1990. Literature : G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 120.