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Lot 681:
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1 5/8" Egyptian Faience "Bes" Amulet, mounted on wood block for display;
Bes was a good-natured genie who warded off evil influences at the moment of birth by noisy music-making or by wielding a knife. He is depicted full-faced, with a complete lion’s mane, surrounding his very leonine features. He also has a lion’s tail. Always naked, dwarf-like with bandy legs, and wearing tall plumes, Bes usually rests his hands on his hips. In Graeco-Roman times, however, he sometimes carried a shield and brandished with a sword as tangible evidence of his protective qualities and reflecting his original name, Aha, “the Fighter”.
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