Brooklyn Museum — Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Near Eastern Art · statue
Seated Cat Late PeriodEgypt
Description
Object Label: This figure probably represents Bastet, the goddess most often depicted as a cat. Feline images of her began in Dynasty XXII (circa 945–718 B.C.) and became extremely numerous in the Late Period. Like this figure, many of the finer bronze cats have a scarab on the head, a wadjet-eye on the chest, and pierced ears probably intended for loops of gold. Caption: Seated Cat, 664–343 B.C.E.. Bronze, 5 1/4 × 1 5/8 × 4 in. (13.3 × 4.1 × 10.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Nasli Heeramaneck, 78.243.
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Cross-references (2)
- BKM-Accession 78.243 tier-2
- BKM-Object 3874 tier-2
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