BUST OF BEES This fragmentary dwarf god is depicted wearing a fluted, flared crown. His face is characterised by highly expressive features: a wrinkled forehead, furrowed brows, deep-set eyes shaded by susorbital ridges. The nose is broad and blunt, the mouth closed and fleshy. His moustache and beard are made up of long locks with curly tips. His right arm is preserved. He is wearing a pendant. Very fine workmanship. Giallo Antico marble; H. 23 cm ; W. 13.3 cm Egypt, Ptolemaic period, 3rd-2nd century BC A Ptolemaic Giallo Antico Bust of Bes. The fragmentary dwarf god is represented wearing a flared, fluted crown, his face is characterized by very expressive features: the furrowed forehead, the furrowed eyebrows, the very hollow eyes shaded by the suprabital bulges. The nose is broad and flat, the mouth is closed and fleshy. His mustache and beard are made up of long locks with curly ends. His right arm is preserved. He wears a pendant. Very good quality of execution.3rd-2nd Century B.C.E Provenance Hermione Speier collection in the 1940s-1950s, assistant librarian of the Vatican in Rome by descent Royal Athena Galleries, New-York, Art of The Ancient World, Vol. XXII, 2011, n.161, pp. 74-75