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LATE PERIOD, CIRCA DYNASTY XXVI-XXX (664-343 B.C.)
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA DYNASTY XXVI-XXX (664-343 B.C.)
Seated upright with alert expression, forelegs and paws together, tail curled around the right side of the body, eyes recessed for inlay (now missing), mounted
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, CIRCA DYNASTY XXVI-XXX (664-343 B.C.)
Seated upright with alert expression, forelegs and paws together, tail curled around the right side of the body, eyes recessed for inlay (now missing), mounted
8 in. (20.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in an English private collection, acquired in the late 1950s/early 1960s.
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