Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Animals, 1996, III, no. 140; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 94.
Animals, 1996, III, no. 140; and Noah's Ark, 1997, no. 94.
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DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1500 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN GREEN FAIENCE FIGURE OF A CROUCHING CAT
DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1500 B.C.
Finely modelled with a scarab incised on the forehead, crouched on a base in the form of the hieroglyph 's3' (protection), with tail curled around the right side
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) long
DYNASTY XVIII, CIRCA 1500 B.C.
Finely modelled with a scarab incised on the forehead, crouched on a base in the form of the hieroglyph 's3' (protection), with tail curled around the right side
2 1/8 in. (5.5 cm.) long
Provenance
Martine, Comtesse de Béhague: sold Sotheby's Monaco, Antiquités et Objets d'Art. Collection de Martine, Comtesse de Béhague provenant de la Succession du Marquis de Ganay, 5 December 1987, lot 87.
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