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Photograph: Antonio Brancaglion/Museu Nacional
Date: Late Period, ca. 350 B.C. (?)
Provenance: unknown
Medium: black stone
Decoration: paint
Length: 16.9cm
Fiengo Collection acquired by D. Pedro I
This small figure is a classic representation of the popular god Bes. Here he only wears a lion’s skin over his back; its head and front paws are visible on the god’s chest. His eyes are painted white and his tongue is red.