Lot 230
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AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY 'BES' COLLARED JAR
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AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY 'BES' COLLARED JAR

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./3RD CENTURY A.D.

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AN EGYPTIAN POTTERY 'BES' COLLARED JAR
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./3RD CENTURY A.D.
In the form of a frontal face of a Bes, with projecting eye-brows, ears and two bent arms, 6¾in. (17.1 cm.) high: a Hadra painted pottery miniature olla, the shoulder and spout painted with purple leaves and tendrils, circa 3rd Century B.C., 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) high; and a pottery pilgrim flask, each side with a rosette within a banded circle, on two feet, 3rd-1st Century B.C., 4½ in. (11.5 cm.) high (3)
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Lot Essay

Item one: cf. G. D. Scott, III, Temple, Tomb and Dwelling, San Bernardino, 1992, p. 172, no. 122, "Because Bes was also concerned with the protection of children and women in childbirth as well as with matters of sexuality and fertility, vessels such as this might have served a magico-medical function".

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