A HOLLOW BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED CAT, wearing an elaborate cowrie-shell necklace held in place by a panther-headed menat (counterpoise) at the back, at the front a suspended recessed outline of a seated solar deity, ears pierced, mounted, Late Period, circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.

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A HOLLOW BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED CAT, wearing an elaborate cowrie-shell necklace held in place by a panther-headed menat (counterpoise) at the back, at the front a suspended recessed outline of a seated solar deity, ears pierced, mounted, Late Period, circa 4th-3rd Century B.C.
10½in. (27cm.) high

Lot Essay

Five bronze cats wearing cowrie-shell necklaces, one with similar menat and another with similar deity, are exhibited at the Louvre Museum, Paris.

A copy of a Technical Report with metal analysis from I. A. R. (Independent Art Research Ltd.) accompanies this lot

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