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BRONZE STATUETTE OF THE CAT GODDESS BASTET
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF THE CAT GODDESS BASTET
See original version (French)
Estimate €12,000 - €18,000
Voluntary lot
Description
BRONZE STATUETTE OF THE CAT GODDESS BASTET
Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC.
Statuette depicting the goddess Bastet in the form of a cat sitting on her hindquarters, with her forepaws raised, pierced ears, and the left ear adorned with a gold ring (attached).
Dimensions: 13.5 x 3.5 cm
Provenance: Former French private collection, acquired in the 1940s
Rupert Wace Ancient Art Limited, London
Christian Levett Collection, Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins, acquired in 2010
Exhibitions: Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM), Mougins, France, June 2011–August 2023 (Inv. No. MMoCA538)
Animal, Mougins Museum of Classical Art (MACM), Mougins, France, 25 February–30 April 2016
Bibliography: P. Clayton, ‘Ancient Egypt’ in M. Merrony (ed.), Mougins Museum of Classical Art, 2011, p. 47, fig. 25
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2014, pp. 31 and 87
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World. The Levett Bestiary, Levett Collection Series 2, France, 2016, p. 14, fig. 11, p. 78 and on the cover
An Egyptian bronze cat,
Late to Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 BC.
See original version (French)
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