Metropolitan Museum of Art — Egyptian Art (Open Access) · statue
Statuette of a cat
Description
Cupreous metal
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 bronze statue of a seated cat.
This artifact is a bronze statue representing a seated cat, with detailed engraving around the neck, resembling a collar. The cat's posture is upright, and the piece is crafted with careful attention to the anatomy and features characteristic of depictions of the cat in ancient Egyptian art. The surface shows a dark, aged patina, indicative of its historical provenance.
decorative
Ptolemaic
excellent
Deities
Bastet
Materials
bronze
Cross-references (4)
- Wikidata-Q Q116281802 tier-1
- Collection-QID Q160236 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- Inventory-Number 44.4.9 tier-2 (wikidata-mediated)
- MET-Object 546218 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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