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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SEATED CAT
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-332 B.C.
Hollow cast, depicted in an upright, seated posture, with the tail curling around the right side of the body, both pierced ears adorned with additional gold earrings with garnet and green glass pendants, wearing an aegis necklace with counterpoise, with porphyry mount
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-332 B.C.
Hollow cast, depicted in an upright, seated posture, with the tail curling around the right side of the body, both pierced ears adorned with additional gold earrings with garnet and green glass pendants, wearing an aegis necklace with counterpoise, with porphyry mount
5¼ in. (13.3 cm.) high
Provenance
French private collection, given as a gift to the present owner's father in the 1970s.
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