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THE PROPERTY OF A WEST COAST PRIVATE COLLECTOR
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
Finely proportioned, naturalistically depicted, seated with its forepaws together, its tail curving forward around the proper right side and extending just beyond the forepaws, the head with erect ears, the large convex eyes with contoured brows, wearing an incised wedjat-eye suspended from a plaited collar tied at the nape of the neck, a tenon below the paws and the tail
7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 332-30 B.C.
Finely proportioned, naturalistically depicted, seated with its forepaws together, its tail curving forward around the proper right side and extending just beyond the forepaws, the head with erect ears, the large convex eyes with contoured brows, wearing an incised wedjat-eye suspended from a plaited collar tied at the nape of the neck, a tenon below the paws and the tail
7 3/16 in. (18.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Art Market, Philadelphia, 1983.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 8 May 1983, lot 318.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 8 May 1983, lot 318.