Bes Mask

Description Conservation Provenance Credit

Description The pendant represents a head of the protective god Bes which derives from the face of a lion.

Conservation

Date	Description	Narrative
4/20/1977	Treatment	cleaned

Provenance Sheikh of the Pyramids [date and mode of acquistion unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1930 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930

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Creator

Egyptian (Artist)

Period

4th-1st century BC (Late Period-Greco-Roman)

Medium

Egyptian faience with blue, green and black glaze
(Ceramics)

Accession Number

48.1660

Measurements

H: 1 5/16 x W: 1 5/16 x D: 1/16 in. (3.27 x 3.28 x 0.15 cm)

Geographies

Egypt (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View