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Egyptian Late Dynastic Bronze Bastet, Seated Pose
Egyptian Late Dynastic Bronze Bastet, Seated Pose
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Egypt, Late Dynastic Period, ca. 712 to 332 BCE. This is a small bronze statue of a cat in instantly recognizable Egyptian style, with large ears and a regal, upright seated pose. The cat wears some kind of necklace or pectoral made up of small, hanging rectangles. This cat was created to evoke Bastet, the cat goddess who represented fertility and motherhood. It was immediately before this Late Dynastic Period that worship of Bastet became immensely popular, and her chief center of worship, Bubastis, became a great city, and Herodotus, visiting the city in 450 BCE, described a great festival dedicated to her. A small bronze votive figure like this one was probably sold at a temple to a worshiper. Size: 2.5" H Provenance: Ex-German Private Collection
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Egyptian Late Dynastic Bronze Bastet, Seated Pose

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