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LOT 0004
Egyptian Bronze Seated Cat Statuette
LATE PERIOD, 664-332 B.C.
3 3/8 in. (74 grams, 87 mm).
Bastet in squatting pose, ears pricked and alert with her tail wrapped close to right side of her body, two short lugs beneath for attachment to a separate base, and a suspension loop behind the shoulders.
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market, 1990s.
Private collection, New York, USA.
Cf. Petrie, W.M.F., Amulets. Illustrated by the Egyptian Collection in University College, London, 1914, pl. XXXIX, nos.224e-d, for similar cat figurines.
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LOT 0004
Egyptian Bronze Seated Cat Statuette
Estimate £800 - 1,000€930 - 1,160 (for guidance only)$1,080 - 1,350 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£444 (EUR 516; USD 600) +BP*
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Late Period-Ptolemaic Period, circa 664-30 B.C.Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £110
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From a 20th century UK collection. -
Egyptian Steatite Bifacial Scaraboid Seal
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From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s. -
Egyptian Granite Seated Figure of an Official
Middle Kingdom, 2nd millennium B.C.Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,389
Comprising the torso and legs clad in an ankle-length robe and seated on a rectangular-section seat with stepped base and short, curved backrest and rear dorsal pillar; the left hand carved with the palm resting along the thigh; the right hand similarly placed but with the hand gripping a folded piece of cloth of which the ends are draped over the lower thigh above the knee; traces of an old label to reverse. 4.1 kg, 18.7 cm
Private collection, Europe. with Bonhams & Brooks, 8th November 2001, no.265. Private collection, Europe. Accompanied by copies of the relevant Bonhams & Brooks catalogue pages. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by a search certificate number no.12584-232097.
The official would have been shown wearing a longer cloak-like garment rather than a waist-height kilt, as the line of the folded edge is visible above where a waistband would typically be.
