183 ROMAN-EGYPTIAN BRONZE FITTING: BES AND BESIT back to back, winged, on swans atop two lions; on an integral base. Rare type. 1st-2nd Century AD. H. 2 3/4 in. (7 cm.) Ex collection of Henry Wallis R.W.S. (18301916), the Pre-Raphaelite painter, thence by descent; J.M.E. collection, New York acquired at Bonham’s London in April 2010. While Henry Wallis is best known for his portrayal of 'The death of Chetterton', the Pre-Raphaelite artist was also a keen antiquarian, publishing works on Egyptian and Classical art. As a collector he often travelled to the Mediterranean and on one of his trips to Egypt met Sir W. M. Flinders Petrie (1853-1942). 184 EGYPTIAN BRONZE WINGED NUDE HARPOKRATES-EROS holding a cornucopia and wearing the Double-Crown. Late Ptolemaic Period, ca. 2nd-1st Century BC. H. 3 1/4 in. (8.4 cm.) Dark olive-green patina. Ex K.F. collection, Garden City, Michigan. Published: J. Eisenberg, Art of the Ancient World, 1985, p. 104, no. 292. Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University, 1996-2003; George Mason University, 2003-2007.
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