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An Egyptian bronze cat with three kittens

7 December 2021, 12:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian bronze cat with three kittens
Late Period, 26th Dynasty, circa 664-525 B.C.
The mother cat lying on her left side, her head raised and ear alert, with a nursing kitten, another playing at her rear feet, a third on her haunches reaching towards the mother's face, 6.3cm diam., 3.2cm high

Footnotes

Provenance:
with Charles Ede Ltd, London (Small Sculpture from Ancient Egypt, 1975, no. 18).
Mrs Shipstone collection, UK.
Private collection, England, acquired from the above 28 April 2005.

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