Lot 5
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT

LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-343 B.C.

Details
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
LATE PERIOD, 26TH-30TH DYNASTY, CIRCA 664-343 B.C.
8 7⁄8 in. (22.5 cm.) high
Provenance
London art market.
Antiquities, Christie’s, London, 28th November 1979, lot 231.
Irish private collection, acquired at the above.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 26th April 2012, lot 136.
with David Aaron Ancient Arts, London.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2020.
Exhibited
Mougins, Musée d'Art Classique, 2020 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA851).

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Lot Essay

The seated feline is depicted in an alert stance, forepaws together, the long tail curled around its right side of the body, the muzzle incised with radiating whiskers, and the erect ears are detailed with horizontal striations. It wears a protective lion-headed aegis on its chest, suspended on a cowry shell necklace and decorated with three tassels on the nape of the neck, with a naturalistic Khepri-scarab in raised relief on the crown of head. For another large bronze cat wearing a similar cowrie-shell necklace with an aegis pendant see the Louvre Museum, inv. no. N 4538.

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