LARGE BLUE FAIENCE BES AMULET

LARGE BLUE FAIENCE BES AMULET

Dwarf-like god of children and music, standing frontal on his bandy legs, his hands holding a rounded object (tambourine?), wearing a large feather crown on his head

Ex priv. coll. J. Eisenberg, New York, acq. 1984, thence Sands of Time Ancient Art, Washington DC, USA.
H. 7,5 cm Intact

Third Intermediate Period, 21st Dyn., c. 1070-945 BC