Ancient Egyptian small Bastet cat, cast metal, patinated
Sculpture “Little Bastet Cat”, cast metal
This crouching cat may have served as a votive offering to the cat-shaped goddess Bastet. The main cult center was Bubastis in the eastern Delta. The Greek historian provided a vivid account of festivals and cult celebrations.
Original: Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Late Period. Circa 500 BC.
Finely patinated cast metal. Height with base 10 cm.
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In the later period of ancient Egyptian history, the tendency to imitate older works of art increased to such an extent that even today it is difficult to distinguish between an original, for example from the Middle Kingdom, and a later "repeat" of the work. The search for a return to the origins was also evident in the spacious funerary palaces built in Thebes during the 26th Dynasty. Here, all the important religious texts of the past were once again preserved for posterity.
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- Casting technology
- patina
Metal
Replica
- Religious motives
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Green
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- Indoor
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- Elegant
- folklore
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