Figure of a cat

Late period, 664 – 332 BC

Hollow cast bronze.

H 15.5 cm ohne Zapfen

Figure of a cat sitting upright with slightly raised head and erected ears. The tail is placed around the right side up to the front paws. A tang beneath the front paws indicates that the cat originally sat on a base.

cf.

The British Museum number EA64391

S. Schoske und D. Wildung, Gott und Götter im alten Ägypten, Mainz 1992, no. 2 and 105

Provenance

German private collection M. u. P. W., acquired in the 1960s.

Accompanied by an IADAA Interpol search certificate.

Price

€ 14,000

Item

7530

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