4¼ in. (10.8 cm.) high

Swiss private collection, prior to 1978.
Antiquities, Christie's, London, 28 April 2009, lot 140.
Gorny and Mosch, Munich, 19 June 2013, lot 34.

Exhibition catalogue, Le Don du Nil: Art Egyptien dans les collections Suisses, Basle, 1978, p. 91, no. 328.

Le Don Du Nil, Art Égyptien dans les Collections Suisses, Basle, Zurich, Bern, Lucern and Geneva, 1978, no. 328.

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Lot Essay

The cat was sacred to the goddess Bastet. Her cult centres, called Bubasteion, were numerous in Egypt. The main one was in the Nile delta region, in the modern city of Tell Basta, which was called Per-Bastet in Ancient Egypt and Bubastis in Greek. The scarab modelled on the forehead between the ears of the present example is a symbol of regeneration.