A GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF BES, mottled green and blue, the grotesque dwarf god with tall feathered headdress, standing with hands on hips on integral square base, wearing animal skin with its tail falling behind, suspension loop at back of head, mounted -- 3½ in. (8.8 cm.) high, late period-Ptolemaic, 6th-3rd Century B.C.