An Egyptian Bronze Figure of a Cat

Late Dynastic Period, 712-343 B.C. A solid bronze cast with a tenon below the rear legs, seated with ears erect and its tail curled around the right side. Bronze cats were used as votive offerings made in the temple of the cat goddess Bastet. Height 3-1/4".

Provenance: Ex-John Cleveland Collection, England, early 1900's.

there is a reserve on this lot

Complete and intact.