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Sculpture 'Craft cat with necklace', cast metal/stone, jewellery

Product information "Sculpture 'Craft cat with necklace', cast metal/stone, jewellery"

Countless bronze images attest to the popularity of the cat-headed goddess Bastet in the Late Period. Bastet promised fertility and long life. Original: Musée du Louvre, Paris. Egypt, 26th Dynasty, c. 600 BC Finely patinated and partially gilded cast metal on a diabase base. Height 16 cm.