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Cosmetic Jar in the Form of the God Bes by Unknown artist

Cosmetic Jar in the Form of the God Bes

664–525 BCE

Egyptian blue

Cleveland Museum of Art

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A blue faience cosmetic jar depicts the Egyptian god Bes in a squatting position. He has a grotesque face with a protruding tongue and wears a necklace with a skull pendant and a belt.

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cosmetic jar figurine amulet centered symmetry frontal view static pose god bes egyptian mythology grotesque figure faience light blue blue

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