The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of July 3, 2020

Bes Head Amulet

1069-715 BC

Egypt, Third Intermediate Period or later

Turquoise blue faience

Overall: 2.9 x 2.2 x 0.3 cm (1 1/8 x 7/8 x 1/8 in.)

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1914.737

Location

not on view

Provenance
Purchased from Mohammed Mohasseb and Son, Luxor, by Lucy Olcott Perkins through Henry W. Kent
Citations
Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač. Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999 Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 522
Source URL: https://cmaweb23-bbn-2.clevelandart.org/art/1914.737