Lot Essay
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CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED CAT
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With pierced ears, 2¼ in. (5.9 cm.) high; and six other Egyptian bronzes comprising a striding figure of Amun, 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; a kneeling figure of a priest, arms outstretched, with inscribed back pillar reading "May Isis give protection to the seal-bearer of Lower Egypt ...", 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high; an Apis bull; twin uraei with vulture head protome; a miniature figure of Harpocrates wearing double crown; and another, of Nefertum, all 6th-1st Century B.C., 2 in. (5.2 cm.) high max., all mounted (7)
CIRCA 6TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.
With pierced ears, 2¼ in. (5.9 cm.) high; and six other Egyptian bronzes comprising a striding figure of Amun, 3¼ in. (8.3 cm.) high; a kneeling figure of a priest, arms outstretched, with inscribed back pillar reading "May Isis give protection to the seal-bearer of Lower Egypt ...", 2 1/8 in. (5.3 cm.) high; an Apis bull; twin uraei with vulture head protome; a miniature figure of Harpocrates wearing double crown; and another, of Nefertum, all 6th-1st Century B.C., 2 in. (5.2 cm.) high max., all mounted (7)
Provenance
Item one: sold Sotheby's London, 13 July 1981, part lot 50.
Items two and three: Dr. H. A. Fawcett (1891-1982), most of whose collection was sold in 1979 to the city of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; and sold Sotheby's London, 27 July 1981, part lot 251.
Items two and three: Dr. H. A. Fawcett (1891-1982), most of whose collection was sold in 1979 to the city of Bristol Museum and Art Gallery; and sold Sotheby's London, 27 July 1981, part lot 251.
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