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LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
Seated upright with alert expression, forelegs and paws together, tail curled around the right side of the body, ears pierced and wearing a square pendant necklace, mounted
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
LATE PERIOD, DYNASTY XXVI-XXX, CIRCA 664-332 B.C.
Seated upright with alert expression, forelegs and paws together, tail curled around the right side of the body, ears pierced and wearing a square pendant necklace, mounted
5 in. (12.7 cm.) high
Provenance
Formerly in the Binaghi collection, Paris; given as a gift by an Egyptologist in the 1930s.
European private collection.
European private collection.
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