AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION STATUETTE OF BASTET

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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR Provenance: the majority of this collection (lots 108-150) was formed in the late 19th and early 20th Century.

AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION STATUETTE OF BASTET

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1070-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE-BLUE GLAZED COMPOSITION STATUETTE OF BASTET
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1070-712 B.C.
The lion-headed goddess seated on an openwork throne, each side decorated with twin figues of cobra-bodied Nehebkau, holding a sistrum on her lap, details in added black, suspension loop at back of head
2¼ in. (5.8 cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Cf. D. Arnold, An Egyptian Bestiary, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Spring 1995, p. 18, no. 14; and C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, The British Museum, London, 1994, pp. 33-34, pl. 30 for similar.

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