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    Sale 9832

    Antiquities including The Heidi Vollmoeller Collection,

    London, South Kensington

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    28 April 2004

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    Lot 359

    AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED CAT

    6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.

    Price realised

    GBP 2,390

    Estimate

    GBP 400 - GBP 600

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    AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A SEATED CAT
    6TH-1ST CENTURY B.C.
    Wearing necklace of cowrie shells with central aegis, tail curled round in front, repaired with restoration, mounted
    6 1/8 in. (15.5 cm.) high

    Provenance

    Acquired during the 1970s, Spink & Son Ltd., London; formerly in the A. L. Rea Collection.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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