Circa 332-32 BC, Ptolemaic Period Wearing a plumed headdress, leonine face and dwarf body. Sections of amulet highlighted in paler coloured glaze. The dwarf-like figure of Bes was regarded as a protective deity who averted the evil eye and helped woman in childbirth, as well as protecting children through to adulthood. His image is found on head rests, beds and mirrors and cosmetic pots; his amulets are most often made of glazedposition, sometimes polychrome. He was a deity for whom there we no temples, but he is depicted in temple sites associated with the divine birth of a god, such as at the Birth House at the temple of Denderah. Mounted in a 22kt gold oval eye shaped pendant with suspension loop connected to a necklace. For similar see: Flinders Petrie, Amulets. Size: L:50.9mm / W:24.7mm; 11.66g Provenance: Property of a London Gentleman; formerly in a private UK collection formed in the the 1990s.