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PROPERTY FROM THE HARER FAMILY TRUST COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BES
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN TERRACOTTA BES
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Mold-made, the dwarf god standing on an integral base, his corpulent thighs tapering to slender ankles and feet, the toes delineated, with two serpents resting on either side of his protruding belly, his genitalia articulated, holding a circular shield with a raised central boss, his face with large eyes, broad curving brows, protruding ears, a wide pug nose with the nostrils indicated, a straight mouth crowned in his characteristic headdress, the plumes now missing
16 1/8 in. (39.9 cm.) high
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Mold-made, the dwarf god standing on an integral base, his corpulent thighs tapering to slender ankles and feet, the toes delineated, with two serpents resting on either side of his protruding belly, his genitalia articulated, holding a circular shield with a raised central boss, his face with large eyes, broad curving brows, protruding ears, a wide pug nose with the nostrils indicated, a straight mouth crowned in his characteristic headdress, the plumes now missing
16 1/8 in. (39.9 cm.) high
Provenance
Dr. Antonio Martin Araujo, Venezuelan Ambassador to Egypt, 1959.
with Petit Musee, Montreal, early 1970s.
with John Rilling, California, 18 November 1990.
with Petit Musee, Montreal, early 1970s.
with John Rilling, California, 18 November 1990.
Literature
G.D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection, San Bernardino, 1992, no. 120.
Exhibited
San Bernardino, University Art Gallery, 1992; Arizona State University Museum, 1993; and San Antonio Museum of Art, 1993-1996; Temple, Tomb and Dwelling: Egyptian Antiquities from the Harer Family Trust Collection.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2013.
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, 1997-2013.
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