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| CIVILIZATION | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Late Period |
| DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
| MATERIAL | Bronze |
| MOUNTED | Yes |
The cat-headed goddess depicted standing on an integral plinth, wearing a tightly-fitted patterned garment, her right arm bent at the elbow with pierced-through fisted hand for insertion of the now missing Sistrum, her left arm bent, holding the aegis of lion-headed Sekhmet at her chest.
The iconographical representation of Bastet presented here is known as the "Housewife Bastet," and was popular during the Late Period and Ptolemaic period in Egyptian art (J. Malek, The Cat in Ancient Egypt, pp. 104-6).
German private collection, 1980s.
M.A. Socolofsky, Connecticut.
Formerly with Scott Killingsworth, Kansas
with old collection photograph
Superior Galleries, Auction, June 8-9 1993, lot 689, illus.
Superior Galleries, Fine Antiquities, Auction catalog, June 8-9 1993, lot 689, illus.
For parallels, see:
The Walters Art Museum, accession no. 54.409
Bowers Museum, accession no. 80.60.4
Louvre Museum, link
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| CATEGORY | Egyptian |
| PERIOD | Late Period |
| DATE | 26th-30th Dynasty, 688-343 B.C. |
| MATERIAL | |
| MOUNTED | Yes |