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THE 'SPENCER-CHURCHILL' BRONZE FIGURE OF THE CAT-GODDESS BASTET
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The standing goddess with raised right arm, holding a leonine-headed aegis in her left hand at her breast, wearing a long pleated dress with cross-hatched decoration and a striped border, finely detailed, with scarab beatle incised between her ears, on an integral rectangular base, mounted
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
The standing goddess with raised right arm, holding a leonine-headed aegis in her left hand at her breast, wearing a long pleated dress with cross-hatched decoration and a striped border, finely detailed, with scarab beatle incised between her ears, on an integral rectangular base, mounted
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Captain E. G. Spencer-Churchill, M.C. (1876-1964): sold Antiquities from the Northwick Park Collection, Christie's London, 23 June 1965, lot 425, pl. 44.