Lot Essay
For a similiar statuette of a cat, see the frontis and p. 12-13 in Malek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt.
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, 664-343 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 664-343 b.c.
Hollow cast, depicted in an upright, seated posture, wearing an incised broad collar terminating in two lotus flowers on its back, a winged scarab in the front above a pictoral panel representing the owner to the right, arms raised in adoration before a leonine goddess followed by a god, the well-modelled face with pierced ears, one preserving a hoop earring, the eyes inlaid (the right preserved) with blue glass or lapis lazuli lids, a lapis lazuli scarab inlaid at the crown of the head, the wooden, key-hole-shaped base perhaps original
6.2/3 in. (16.75 cm) high
late period, dynasty xxvi-xxx, 664-343 b.c.
Hollow cast, depicted in an upright, seated posture, wearing an incised broad collar terminating in two lotus flowers on its back, a winged scarab in the front above a pictoral panel representing the owner to the right, arms raised in adoration before a leonine goddess followed by a god, the well-modelled face with pierced ears, one preserving a hoop earring, the eyes inlaid (the right preserved) with blue glass or lapis lazuli lids, a lapis lazuli scarab inlaid at the crown of the head, the wooden, key-hole-shaped base perhaps original
6.2/3 in. (16.75 cm) high
Provenance
Sidney Sonnino