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PROPERTY OF A MANHATTAN COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF BES
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE AMULET OF BES
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Green in color, the bandy-legged deity depicted nude, standing on an integral plinth against a back pillar, wearing his feather headdress; strung as a pendant on a necklace composed of red, blue, black, yellow and green faience disk beads
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Green in color, the bandy-legged deity depicted nude, standing on an integral plinth against a back pillar, wearing his feather headdress; strung as a pendant on a necklace composed of red, blue, black, yellow and green faience disk beads
1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm.) high
Provenance
with Secret Eye Gallery, New York, 1979.
An American Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2004, lot 67.
An American Gentleman; Christie's, New York, 9 December 2004, lot 67.
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