id:			157614
accession number:	1995.13
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1995.13
updated:		2025-10-04 11:20:49.709000

Cosmetic Jar in the Form of the God Bes, 664–525 BCE. Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26. Egyptian blue; overall: 9.3 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1995.13

title:				Cosmetic Jar in the Form of the God Bes
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creation date:			664–525 BCE
creation date earliest:		-664
creation date latest:		-525
current location:		107 Egyptian
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Egypt, Late period (715–332 BCE), Dynasty 26
technique:	Egyptian blue
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Egypt - Late Period
type:		Vessels
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measurements: Overall: 9.3 x 6.1 x 4.1 cm (3 11/16 x 2 3/8 x 1 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience
	opening date:   1998-05-10T00:00:00
	<i>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (May 10-July 5, 1998); Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, RI (August 25, 1998-January 3, 1999); Kimbell Art Museum (January 31-April 25, 1999).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1995-
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle P. "Blue Bes," <em>Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 36, no. 1 (January 1996).
	page number: 	pp. 4-5
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1996-01/

	Friedman, Florence D., Georgina Borromeo, and Mimi Leveque. <em>Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience</em>. New York: Thames and Hudson, 1998.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 73, pp. 109 & 209
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	Griffin, Patricia. "Faience: A Lost Art." <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine</em> 38, no. 5 (May 1998): 8-9.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 8-9
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAMM1998-05/page/n7/mode/2up

	Berman, Lawrence M., and Kenneth J. Bohač.<em> Catalogue of Egyptian Art: The Cleveland Museum of Art.</em> Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 441; Mentioned: p. 441-3
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