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Collections

Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat21st - 26th Dynasty (1081 - 525 BCE)

On view:
Geffen Galleries, Life and Afterlife: Imagery of Early Egypt
Small bronze sculpture of a seated cat with black patina, gold-inlaid spotted markings, gold hoop earrings, amber inset eyes, and an Eye of Horus symbol on the chest
Bronze sculpture of a seated cat on a rectangular base, dark patina with incised gold markings across the body, a wedjat eye motif on the chest, and a gold hoop earring on the left ear.
Title
Figurine of the Goddess Bastet as a Cat
Place Made
Egypt
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)
Credit Line
Gift of Varya and Hans Cohn
Accession Number
AC1992.152.51
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
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
  • Townsend, Jen and Renée Zettle-Sterling. Cast: Art and Objects Made Using Humanity's Most Transformational Process. Atglen, PA: Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 2017.