Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Cat
Description
Cupreous metal, precious metal inlay
AI image analysis GPT-4o-2024-08-06
Machine-generated from the object's image on May 2026. Not curatorial; treat deities, names, and signs below as the model's best reading, not authority.
A small bronze cat figurine depicted in a seated position.
The artifact is a bronze sculpture of a cat, characterized by its sleek, elongated body and upright, seated posture. The style is typical of Egyptian art, known for its symbolic representation of animals. The surface of the sculpture shows some patina, a common feature in aged bronze artifacts, indicating its antiquity.
decorative
Late Period
good
Materials
bronze
Connections
Materials
Bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116242997 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 45.4.6 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 545971 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
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- From the source institution — accession, description, dimensions, and dating are as catalogued by Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access).
- AI-inferred — the image-analysis panel (deities, names, signs) is machine-generated and may be wrong.
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- Inferred links — cross-references marked with a match method other than explicit-source-field were matched by us, not stated by the source.