AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF A CAT
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF A CAT

LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE BUST OF A CAT
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
Hollow cast, elegantly depicted, the angular face with deeply-set elongated eyes, the radiating whiskers finely incised above the closed mouth, the long erect ears with incised tufts as horizontal striations, a perforation in the left ear for a now-missing earring, with an ornate double-strand collar below the neck
6 in. (15.3 cm.) high
Provenance
Private Collection, Israel, 1980.
Art Market, London, circa 2005.

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