PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. CHARLES W. NEWHALL, III
AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW LIMESTONE BES
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 600 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN YELLOW LIMESTONE BES
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 600 B.C.
The bandy-legged leonine deity with the characteristic large head and ample stomach, his hair a mass of delicately incised comma-shaped locks, his hairy ears projecting to the sides, the radiating mane with each whisker terminating in a tight curl, his mouth open, the tongue originally inlaid, grooved wrinkles along the bridge of his wide nose, the eyes recessed for now-missing inlays, with tapering arched horn-like brows, his head surmounted by a square modius, wearing a cheetah skin, the forepaws incised along his chest, the hind legs along the sides of his thighs, the tail between his buttocks, the diminutive feline head worn as a pendant at his chest, a belt tied below his paunchy belly
3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 600 B.C.
The bandy-legged leonine deity with the characteristic large head and ample stomach, his hair a mass of delicately incised comma-shaped locks, his hairy ears projecting to the sides, the radiating mane with each whisker terminating in a tight curl, his mouth open, the tongue originally inlaid, grooved wrinkles along the bridge of his wide nose, the eyes recessed for now-missing inlays, with tapering arched horn-like brows, his head surmounted by a square modius, wearing a cheetah skin, the forepaws incised along his chest, the hind legs along the sides of his thighs, the tail between his buttocks, the diminutive feline head worn as a pendant at his chest, a belt tied below his paunchy belly
3 3/16 in. (8.1 cm.) high
Provenance
Jay C. Leff, Pennsylvania, circa 1960.
Jack Josephson, acquired in 1976.
with Charles Ede, London, 2005 (Egyptian Antiquities, no. 6).
Jack Josephson, acquired in 1976.
with Charles Ede, London, 2005 (Egyptian Antiquities, no. 6).
Literature
J. Haskins, Near Eastern and Far Eastern Art from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, New York, 1964, no. 19.
Exhibited
The American Federation of Arts, New York, Near Eastern and Far Eastern Art from the Collection of Jay C. Leff, 1965-1967.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art.
Brought to you by
G. Max Bernheimer
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