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An Egyptian Bronze Bastet
Height 5 1/4 inches.
Estimate: $20,000-$22,000
Passed
Live Auction
Antiquities & Ancient Art
Size
Height 5 1/4 inches.
Description
An Egyptian Bronze Bastet
New Kingdom, Circa 1550-1070 B.C.
Height 5 1/4 inches.
Condition
Losses below the shins and to the right arm. Otherwise intact as preserved. The surface cleaned to remove older encrustation. Areas of malachite and cuprite patina throughout. The underside drilled for mounting to a modern metal base.
Provenance
Provenance:
Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
P. Vérité Collection (formed in 1920s), Paris; thence by descent to C. Vérité.
Published:
La Méditerranée Berceau de L'Europe (Exhibition Catalogue), Maison des Arts et Loisirs de Montbéliard, Atelier des Halles, 1971, no. 28.