Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 108, p. 132 in J. Malek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt.
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PROPERTY FROM THE HARER FAMILY TRUST COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD CAT COFFIN
LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN WOOD CAT COFFIN
LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C.
Depicting seated on its haunches, with its forepaws together, with a prominent chest and alert upright ears, the hollowed body cavity once holding a now-missing mummified cat, the curving back with a wood panel secured with three wooden pegs, one preserved, the surface preserving traces of gesso
10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, 664-343 B.C.
Depicting seated on its haunches, with its forepaws together, with a prominent chest and alert upright ears, the hollowed body cavity once holding a now-missing mummified cat, the curving back with a wood panel secured with three wooden pegs, one preserved, the surface preserving traces of gesso
10 1/8 in. (25.8 cm.) high
Provenance
Father Cleosus Steinhausen, Cairo, 1900-1908.
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Museum, Jerusalem.
Antiquities, Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 8-9 June 1993, lot 388.
Studium Biblicum Franciscanum Museum, Jerusalem.
Antiquities, Superior Gallery, Los Angeles, 8-9 June 1993, lot 388.
Literature
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Cats! Wild to Mild, CD-ROM, 1997.
Exhibited
San Bernardino, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, periodically from 1999-2011.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and elsewhere, Cats! Wild to Mild, 1997-1998.
Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County and elsewhere, Cats! Wild to Mild, 1997-1998.
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