拍品专文
Cf. C. Andrews, Amulets of Ancient Egypt, London, 1994, p. 33, pl. 29d for a similar cat with kittens.
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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
细节
AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION AMULET OF A CAT WITH SIX KITTENS
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
The brown-spotted female cat seated with two kittens above, two kittens below and two crouching beneath her legs; and another turquoise glazed composition amulet of three cats seated on a rectangular base drilled with six holes, Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., both mounted
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high and 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long respectively (2)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
The brown-spotted female cat seated with two kittens above, two kittens below and two crouching beneath her legs; and another turquoise glazed composition amulet of three cats seated on a rectangular base drilled with six holes, Ptolemaic Period, circa 3rd-1st Century B.C., both mounted
2¼ in. (5.7 cm.) high and 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) long respectively (2)
来源
Item one: sold Christie's London, 10 December 1981, part lot 312.
Item two: acquired on the London art market in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
Item two: acquired on the London art market in the late 1970s/early 1980s.
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