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Lot 119*

An Egyptian terracotta Bes

7 July 2016, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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An Egyptian terracotta Bes
Roman Period, circa 1st Century A.D.
The god depicted nude as a warrior, a circular shield in his left hand, his right arm raised holding a sword, wearing a tall plumed crown, 12.7cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
The Harer Family Trust Collection, acquired in 2007.
Gustave Jequier (1868-1946) Collection, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Thence by descent to his niece.

Literature:
Cf. D.M Bailey, Catalogue of the Terracottas in the British Museum, 4: Ptolemaic and Roman Terracottas from Egypt, London, 2008, pp.39-40.

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