AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE BUST OF MAHES
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AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE BUST OF MAHES

LATE NEW KINGDOM TO THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XX-XXII, 1196-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN SERPENTINE BUST OF MAHES
LATE NEW KINGDOM TO THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XX-XXII, 1196-712 B.C.
The lion-headed god with a full mane and a striated tripartite headcloth, the lappets below the radiating mane, wearing a high kilt and a priest's cheetah-skin, with a diminutive feline head at the chest, the forepaws of the pelt slung over each shoulder, the eyes deeply recessed for now-missing inlay, the back pillar uninscribed
4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high
Provenance
with Barstow, Boston, late 1960s.

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