Figure of Bes with Child

Medium: Faience

Geograhical Locations:

• Egypt

Dates:ca. 1075–656 B.C.E.

Dimensions: 7 1/2 x 2 7/8 x 5/8 in. (19.1 x 7.3 x 1.6 cm)

Collections:

• Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art

Exhibitions:

• A Woman's Afterlife: Gender Transformation in Ancient Egypt
• Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word, and Reality

Accession Number: 08.480.4

Image: CUR.08.480.4_emagic.jpg,Egyptian Magic Installation (2008)

Catalogue Description:
Pale green faience figure of Bes, standing and wearing high feather headdress. He is suckling a child (or ape?). Seated ape below child and standing ape on each side of crown. Reverse, lion tail and (above) seated gazelle. Bes stands on papyrus capital. Entire figure decorated with brown spots and some details painted brown. Condition: Broken and assembled across face. Base probably complete. Glaze somewhat worn on obverse.

Brooklyn Museum