Bes

late 4th century BCE-1st century CE (Ptolemaic-Roman Imperial) Overall: 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm) Citation

Bes is shown standing on a high, square base, with hands on hips and holding two serpents. A belt, worn low, is marked by fine lines in relief. The head is missing.

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Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 54, no. 470; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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