Head of the god Bes
1390–1353 B.C.
Place of OriginEgypt
Medium/TechniqueEgyptian blue
DimensionsHeight x width: 3.81 x 4.5 cm (1 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number98.942
On View
Not on viewClassificationsUnclassifiable objects
Collections
ProvenanceBy 1897: Count Michael Tyszkiewicz Collection; 1898: auction of the M. Tyszkiewicz Collection, Hotel des Commissaires-Priseurs, 9 rue Drouot, Paris, June 8-10, lot 232 (said to have been found in Greece); 1898: with E. P. Warren; purchased by MFA from E. P. Warren, 1898.
(Accession Date: January 1, 1898)
(Accession Date: January 1, 1898)
600–550 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
750–250 B.C.
about 712–698 B.C.
