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Description : Sculpture of the goddess Bastet. Ancient Egypt, Late Antiquity, 664-323 BC. Bronze and gold. Provenance: Private collection L. Viola, France. Sold by the antique dealer Kunsthandel J. Polak on 20 April 1995 (Amsterdam) to Dr. E.R.M. Defever, Gistel, Belgium. The original purchase invoice is preserved. In good condition, no restorations. Thermoluminescence test enclosed. Measurements: 14,7 cm (height), 17,4 cm (height with the spike). Splendid votive sculpture of round bulk made in bronze and gold, representing the goddess Bastet in her feline form. The animal is shown seated, leaning on its hindquarters, with its forelegs erect, its head raised looking forward, its ears pointed upwards and its tail encircling its right thigh forwards. It is in an expectant position, at the same time watching what is going on around it. This is her classic representation in Egyptian art. Bastet or Bast was the goddess protector of the home and symbol of joie de vivre, considered the deity of harmony and happiness. Equivalent to the Greek Artemis, she was depicted as a domestic cat or as a cat-headed woman carrying a sistrum indicating her love of music. She was considered the personification of the warm rays of the sun, as well as the embodiment of the peaceful aspects of goddesses such as Sekhmet, who represented the evil qualities of the sun. As the eye of Atum (creator and sun god), she was associated with the moon and protected births and pregnant women. From the time of the Ancient Empire, she was considered the mother of the pharaoh, whom she helped and protected in order to reach heaven. Her cult had one of its most important centres in the city of Bubastis, from where hundreds of mummified cats were found in her honour.
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