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PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1550-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GILT WOOD CAT HEAD
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1550-30 B.C.
Probably originally from a cat-shaped coffin or perhaps a furniture finial, depicting the feline with alert upright ears, deep-set eyes and an articulated muzzle, extensive gilding preserved
3 in. (7.2 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 1550-30 B.C.
Probably originally from a cat-shaped coffin or perhaps a furniture finial, depicting the feline with alert upright ears, deep-set eyes and an articulated muzzle, extensive gilding preserved
3 in. (7.2 cm.) high
Provenance
with Lin & Keng Gallery, Taipei, 1980.