An Egyptian Faience Amulet of Bes, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Seals - Cylinder a Tirthankara is a rare

a Tirthankara is a rare individual who has conquered the saṃsāra

New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1978)

Provenance: Private Nevada collection

Carved from a small piece of thin marble

allowing the Roman stones to remain the focus

An Egyptian Faience Amulet of Bes, Late Period, ca. 664 - 332 BCE Seals - Cylinder a Tirthankara is a rareCarved in turquoise blue faience, the protector god portrayed as a nude dwarf on an integrated base. His large feather crown surmounting grotesque facial features, with protruding tongue and the ears and mane of a lion, with bandy legs and hands on either side of his protruding belly. Background: This dwarf like, protective deity was very popular in ancient Egypt. Known as early as the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2000 BCE), Bes was venerated as a protector of