- Title
- Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat
- Date Made
- 21st - 26th Dynasty (1081 - 525 BCE)
- Medium
- Bronze, inlaid gold
- Dimensions
- 2 3/4 × 1 3/16 × 1 3/4 in. (6.99 × 3.02 × 4.45 cm)
- Accession Number
- AC1992.152.51
- Collecting Area
- Egyptian Art
- Curatorial Notes
Great attention was paid by the artist to this depiction of the feline goddess Bastet. While numerous figures of Egyptian deities from this period were executed in bronze, very few have survived with gold inlays. In this example, the feline’s dappled fur is accented with inlaid gold lines, and a necklace indicated by dots and dashes of gold encircles her neck. An inlaid gold amulet of a wedjat (Eye of Horus) hangs from the necklace, and gold wire outlines the eyes. Two gold earrings suspended from pierced ears complete the bold rendering of Bastet in this small figurine.
Provenance: Alphonse Kann, Saint-Germain; Mathias Komor, New Yrok. Purchased by Hans Cohn, 1967, Gift to LACMA 1992.
- Provenance
Alphonse Kann (1870–1948), Saint-Germain-en-Laye. [Mathias Komor (1909–1984), Fine Arts & Antiquities, New York]. Hans Cohn (1903–1994), Los Angeles, in 1967, gift 1992 to; LACMA.
- Selected Bibliography
- Thomas, Nancy, and Constantina Oldknow, eds. By Judgment of the Eye: The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection. Los Angeles: Hans Cohn, 1991.
- Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2017.
