Seated Cat
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
Cats were popular in Egypt and were associated with the goddess Bastet. This seated cat with its tail curled forward has golden earrings, a golden scarab inlaid on the forehead, and a necklace with a pendant in low relief. The pendant displays a standing goddess with the double-crown nursing the young Harpokrates.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
William Forman Collection; Major Alexander Henry Browne (nephew and heir of William Forman), 1869, by bequest; Sale, Sotheby's, London, June 1899; Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
Date | Description | Narrative |
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8/19/1998 | Examination | survey |
Geographies
Egypt (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 3/16 x 3 3/8 x 5 11/16 in. (18.3 x 8.5 x 14.4 cm);
mount: 2 11/16 x 3 11/16 x 6 7/16 in. (6.9 x 9.4 x 16.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.403