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Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
1 1/4 in. (14 grams, 30 mm).
Modelled in the round as a seated cat on an oblong base, large pointed ears with a notch behind them.
PROVENANCE:
Private collection, 1970s.
Private collection, 2017.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
LITERATURE:
Cf. Tinius, I., Altägypten in Braunschweig. Die Sammlungen des Herzog Anton Ulrich-Museums und des Städtischen Museums, Wiesbaden, 2011, p. 152, no. 281, for a similar example.
FOOTNOTES:
In ancient times, the cat was revered as the sacred animal of the goddess Bastet, who was worshipped in Bubastis, located in the Nile Delta. She was a protective mother goddess and the daughter of the sun god Re. Amulets provided the wearer with the goddess's protection.
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