EGYPTIAN CERAMIC BES FIGURE - ANTIQUITY

When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

EGYPTIAN CERAMIC BES FIGURE - ANTIQUITY:
$1800.00

EGYPTIAN CERAMIC BES FIGURE
Country: EgyptPeriod: 1st century B.C.Dimensions: 5-3/4\" (14.7 cm)Weight: 8.6 oz
Description:
An Egyptian clay Bes figure withplumedheaddress, beard. Hands are restingon legs that are astride with exposed male organ. Repair to head and lower right base.
Provenance:
Ex. Hanna collection, Queens, N.Y.; presently private collection, New York, N.Y.
Bes, an apotropaic deity, protector of the home.As such, he is often depicted on everyday household items such as chairs,pottery, or even on the walls of the house itself. S/Bes (possibly from the Nubian “Besa“, or‘Protector‘) may have originally been a cat god. Why he evolved into a dwarf isnot known.