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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BES VESSEL
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-525 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE BES VESSEL
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-525 B.C.
Turquoise green in color, with black, blue and yellow details, the bandy-legged leonine deity standing on an integral plinth, his hands resting on his hips, his face with bulging cheeks, a pronounced pug nose, and protruding ears, the stylized beard and M-shaped eyebrows detailed in black, wearing a yellow lionskin over his shoulders and down his back, secured by a blue belt below his bulging stomach, the vessel mouth at the top of his head; together with a tapering bone applicator
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD TO LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-525 B.C.
Turquoise green in color, with black, blue and yellow details, the bandy-legged leonine deity standing on an integral plinth, his hands resting on his hips, his face with bulging cheeks, a pronounced pug nose, and protruding ears, the stylized beard and M-shaped eyebrows detailed in black, wearing a yellow lionskin over his shoulders and down his back, secured by a blue belt below his bulging stomach, the vessel mouth at the top of his head; together with a tapering bone applicator
2½ in. (6.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired in France, 1960s.
Anonymous sale; Olivier Coutau-Bergarie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 July 1998, lot 85.
Anonymous sale; Olivier Coutau-Bergarie, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 1 July 1998, lot 85.
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