Ancient Egyptian Terracotta God Bes face. very fine quality. 10 cm H "Heritage Collection".

God Bes face - superb quality - Ancient Egypt, Roman Times, 1st century AD Terracotta 10 cm H. CONDITION: Good, rejoined of 3 big parts cover the breaklines. Not new additions. PROVENANCE: "The Heritage collection". That collection of over 500 egyptian objets was adquired by a french gentleman who lived in Cario on a public high functions between the two world wars (1914-1945) , that piece was bought in Egypt prior to 1945. His heritage was dispersed by this heirs in 2022. DOCUMENTS: Provided of a certificate of authenticity and export license by the Ministry of Culture. Bes, a minor god of ancient Egypt, represented as a dwarf with large head, goggle eyes, protruding tongue, bowlegs, bushy tail, and usually a crown of feathers. The name Bes is now used to designate a group of deities of similar appearance with a wide variety of ancient names. The god’s figure was that of a grotesque mountebank and was intended to inspire joy or drive away pain and sorrow, his hideousness being perhaps supposed to scare away evil spirits. He was portrayed on mirrors, ointment vases, and other personal articles. He was associated with music and with childbirth and was represented in the “birth houses” devoted to the cult of the child god. Contrary to the usual rule of representation, Bes was commonly shown full-faced rather than in profile, since full-faced figures were marginal to the normal, ordered world. Notes: - The piece includes authenticity certificate. - The piece includes Spanish Export License. - The seller guarantees that he acquired this piece according to all national and international laws related to the ownership of cultural property. Provenance statement seen by Catawiki.