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Cat
7th-late 1st century BCE (Late Period-Ptolemaic)
bronze
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
(Ancient Egypt and Nubia )
This sculpture of a cat represents Bast. The cat has a tail at the right, and no base.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [as from Zagazig]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1914 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 4/30/1957 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 9/17/1959 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 12/22/1960 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; cleaned |
Measurements
H: 3 in. (7.6 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1914
Location in Museum
Not on view
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.
54.2133