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Bes
late 4th century BCE-1st century CE (Ptolemaic-Roman Imperial)
Egyptian faience
Bes is shown standing on a high, square base, with hands on hips and holding two serpents. A belt, worn low, is marked by fine lines in relief. The head is missing.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Giovanni Dattari, Cairo, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Lambros-Dattari Sale, Hotel Drouot, Paris, 1912, June 17-19, 1912, p. 54, no. 470; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1912, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 11 1/4 in. (28.5 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1912
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
48.469