LOT 331 A bronze model cat [Bastet], probably Egyptian late period 6...
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A bronze model cat [Bastet], probably Egyptian late period 640-322BC, the encrusted body with recess between the ears for a scarab (missing) and recessed eyes which would have been inset, the underside with two tangs, mounted on a basic pine stand 18.5cm high excluding tangs Property of a deceased estate, Suffolk. Footnote: Bastet was an a Egyptian ancient goddess worshipped in the form of a lioness and in later periods a cat, native to the Nile River Delta, she also had a cult in Memphis; bronze statues were also used to contain the bodies of mumified cats
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