Lot Essay
For a similar example see Berlin inv. no. 9716, pl. 14, fig. n in Roeder, Ägyptische Bronzefiguren.
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BES SCEPTER
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
The bandy-legged dwarf god depicted nude, standing on a papyrus umbel atop a square plinth, his eyes and tongue inlaid in white, the pupils once with additional inlays, the right ear pierced for a now-missing earring, adorned with a tall feather headdress, the plumes once inlaid, his left arm lowered, once holding a separately-made and now-missing attribute, his bent right arm projecting forward, holding an attribute in his fisted right hand, his long tail reaching the umbel
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
The bandy-legged dwarf god depicted nude, standing on a papyrus umbel atop a square plinth, his eyes and tongue inlaid in white, the pupils once with additional inlays, the right ear pierced for a now-missing earring, adorned with a tall feather headdress, the plumes once inlaid, his left arm lowered, once holding a separately-made and now-missing attribute, his bent right arm projecting forward, holding an attribute in his fisted right hand, his long tail reaching the umbel
13 7/8 in. (35.2 cm.) high
Provenance
French Private Collection, collected in the 1930s-1970s.