AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE BES
AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE BES
AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE BES
AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE BES
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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE BES

NEW KINGDOM TO THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1550-664 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN GLAZED STEATITE BES
NEW KINGDOM TO THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, 1550-664 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Erich Adolph Alport (1903-1972), Posen, Germany and London; thence by descent.
The Property of the Late Dr. Erich Alport; Antiquities, Christie’s, London, 12 July 1972, lot 124.
Michel Abemayor (1912-1975), New York, acquired from the above; thence by descent.
Property from the Estate of Michel Abemayor, New York; Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 11 December 1976, lot 195.
William Kelly Simpson (1928-2017), New York, acquired from the above.
Property from the Estate of William Kelly Simpson; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 25 October 2017, lot 7.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the current owner form the above, 2019.
Literature
J.F. Romano, The Bes-image in Pharaonic Egypt (PhD. diss., New York University), 1989, vol. 1, p. 145, n. 328.
Exhibited
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 13 December 1976-8 June 2000 (Loan no. 176.1976).

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