AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A CAT
THE PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. & MRS. LEO S. BING
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A CAT

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

細節
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A CAT
Third Intermediate Period, Dynasty XXI-XXV,
1070-712 B.C.
Hollow cast, depicted seated with the front paws together, the tail wrapped around the body to its right, the tip curled in front of the right paw, with the details of the ears, whiskers and hieroglyphic eyes enhanced by incision, wearing a single-strand bead necklace tied at the back, with a wadjet-eye amulet as the pendant, the ears pierced for the addition of now-missing earrings
10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) high
來源
Collected by the owner in the 1920s-1940s.