AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT

PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Hollow cast, depicted seated with its forepaws together, its long tail wrapped around its right side and curled before the paws, the small head with slightly bulging almond-shaped eyes and articulated nostrils, the erect ears pierced for now-missing earrings
5 5/16 in. (13.4 cm.) high

Provenance

with Julius Carlebach Gallery, New York, 19 May 1960.
Dr. Arthur Drey, New York; thence by descent, New York.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 11 June 2010, lot 57.

If you wish to view the condition report of this lot, please sign in to your account.

View condition report

Lot Essay

Arthur Drey was a German poet closely associated with the early development of the Expressionist movement. He joined Kurt Hiller's influential literary society, Der Neue Club, as a student in Berlin, but he spent the majority of his life in the United States. Drey was a life-long pacifist and activist. He believed that "art should be an expression of a personality" (p. 113 in S. West, The Visual Arts in Germany 1890-1937: Utopia and Despair).

More from Antiquities

View All