Mirror Support in the Form of Bes

early 7th-late 6th century BCE (Late Period)

5.9 cm 14.2 cm 3.9 cm

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Bes is shown open mouthed and standing on a round base. Bes has a beard of long, curled locks and wears a leopard's skin over the shoulders. The pierced prong for attachment to a mirror disc is preserved above the flat headdress.

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Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [said to be from Upper Egypt]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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