Protective Figure of Aha-Bes

ca. 1800-1750 BCE (Middle Kingdom, 13th dynasty)

7.6 cm 17.2 cm 4.9 cm

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Resembling the protective deity Bes, this benevolent demon holds a snake in each hand, symbolizing his ability to ward off the bites and stings of venomous creatures. The figure has the proportions of a dwarf, the head, mane and tail of a lion, and human eyes. Similar figures...

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Rev. William MacGregor, Tamworth, Staffordshire, by 1900; Sale, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, London, June 26-29 and July 4-6, 1922, no. 265; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1922, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1922, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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