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PROPERTY FROM THE CATTAUI FAMILY COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Hollow cast, finely proportioned and naturalistically depicted, seated with its forepaws together, its tail curving forward around the proper right side, the erect ears with incised tufts on the interior, pierced for attachment of now-missing earrings, the large convex eyes with contoured lids, the irises defined, wearing a cord fronted by a lion-headed aegis pendant, tenons below the paws and the tail for insertion
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, 304-30 B.C.
Hollow cast, finely proportioned and naturalistically depicted, seated with its forepaws together, its tail curving forward around the proper right side, the erect ears with incised tufts on the interior, pierced for attachment of now-missing earrings, the large convex eyes with contoured lids, the irises defined, wearing a cord fronted by a lion-headed aegis pendant, tenons below the paws and the tail for insertion
6 in. (15.2 cm.) high
Provenance
Acquired by the Cattaui family, Switzerland (Appraised for the family by Charles Ratton, Paris, 1958).
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