Lot 23
  • 23

An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Cat, 21st/26th Dynasty, 1075-525 B.C.

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Cat
  • Height 3 1/2 in. 8.9 cm. Length 2 3/4 in. 7 cm.
crouching on top of a lotus or papyrus capital, with long tail and striated markings on the ears.

Provenance

Willy Dreyfus (1885-1977)
then by inheritance

Condition

very good, column below capital is fragmentary
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