AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD
THE PROPERTY OF THE WILLIAM S. PALEY COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD

THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXI-XXV, 1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast, the large rimmed eyes originally inlaid, both ears pierced, the left preserving its original gold earring, the details of the ears and whiskered muzzle articulated by incision, with a naturalistic Hpr-scarab in raised relief on the crown of the head
4 in. (10.3 cm.) high
Provenance
William S. Paley, d. 1990.

Lot Essay

Compare the example from Bubastis now in the British Museum, London, fig. 104, p. 128 in Málek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt.

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