AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD

LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.

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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD
LATE PERIOD-PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 664-30 B.C.
With alert expression, pierced upright ears, a scarab incised on the forehead between, the short whiskers and ears with detailed markings
4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) high

Provenance

with Munzen und Medaillen, Basel, 1974.

Exhibited

Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägypischer Kunst, Entdeckungen, Ägyptische Kunst in Süddeutschland, 30 August-6 October 1985.
Berlin, Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung; Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Munich, Staatliche Sammlung Ägyptischer Kunst Munchen; Hamburg, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, Gott und Götter im Alten Ägypten, 1992-1993.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Schoske & Wildung, 1985, p. 114, no. 94.
Schoske & Wildung, 1993, p. 12, no. 3.
Grimm-Stadelmann, 2012, p. 160, no. R-476.

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