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THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN TURQUOISE GLAZED COMPOSITION FIGURINE OF BASTET
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
The cat goddess seated on openwork cobra throne, mounted, 5.4 cm. high; a green glazed composition model of a leonine-headed menat-counterpoise, early 1st Millennium B.C., 10.6 cm. high; and a pottery stamp seal of Ptolemy I (305-284 B.C.), 6 cm. high (3)
THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD, CIRCA 1069-664 B.C.
The cat goddess seated on openwork cobra throne, mounted, 5.4 cm. high; a green glazed composition model of a leonine-headed menat-counterpoise, early 1st Millennium B.C., 10.6 cm. high; and a pottery stamp seal of Ptolemy I (305-284 B.C.), 6 cm. high (3)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1960s or early 1970s.
Exhibited
Rotterdam, Historisch Museum, Bezeten Bezit, Keuzetentoonstelling uit de verzameling van Mevrouw W.G. Elias-Vaes te Rotterdam, exhibition catalogue, 18 April - 1 August 1970, no. 670 (item 2) and 674 (item 1).
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