An Egyptian Polychrome Faience Cosmetic Vessel, 21st/25th Dynasty, circa 1077-525 B.C.
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July 5, 02:24 PM GMT
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6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description
An Egyptian Polychrome Faience Cosmetic Vessel
21st/25th Dynasty, circa 1077-525 B.C.
in the form of the god Bes, standing on an rectangular base with his hands resting on his hips, nude but for a belt across his waist and panther skin over his shoulders and back, his lꦏively bearded facꦯe with snub nose and monobrow, his hooded head with flat rim; together with a tapering bone applicator probably not belonging.
Height without applicator 6 cm.
European priva🍒te collection, 19th or early 2🔯0th century
French private collection, acquired in 1960
Hôtel Drouot, Pa𝓰ris, Olivier Coutau-Bégarie, Jul✤y 1st, 1998, no. 85
Christie's, New York, December 7th, 2011, no. 40⛦, illus.
acquired by the present owner at the above sale
Published
Galerie Cybèle, Paris, Collection Emmacha. Antiquités Égyptiennes. Tome 2. Objets divers, 2013, no. 171