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42 - BRONZE STATUETTE OF THE CAT GODDESS BASTET
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BRONZE STATUETTE OF THE CAT GODDESS BASTET Egyptian art, Late Period or Ptolemaic Period, 664–30 B.C. Statuette depicting the goddess Bastet in the form of a cat seated on her hindquarters, with her front paws 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, February 25–April 30, 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 B.C.
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