Lot Essay
An old note written in ink in French on the underside of the wood base reads, in part, "Ciot-Bey...doctor of the viceroy...Ali...and offered by him...in memory of the portrait made by..."
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast, depicted seated with the forelegs and paws together, the tail wrapped around the right side of the body and extending in front of the forepaws, the musculature well defined, the erect head frontal, with large lidded eyes, a slender nose, indented nostrils and an incised mouth, the ears pierced, two tenons below for insertion
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high excluding tenons
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast, depicted seated with the forelegs and paws together, the tail wrapped around the right side of the body and extending in front of the forepaws, the musculature well defined, the erect head frontal, with large lidded eyes, a slender nose, indented nostrils and an incised mouth, the ears pierced, two tenons below for insertion
4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) high excluding tenons
Provenance
Van Ecke Collection, Paris.