An Egyptian bronze figure of Bastet and an Egyptian bronze cat
Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.
Bastet depicted as a cat-headed woman holding a sistrum and aegis, with a basket hanging from her left arm; and the cat with incised collar, seated with its tail curled around its right side, 8cm and 7.5cm high respectively (2)注脚Provenance:
Major James Findlay DSO (1915-1990) collection, Aberdeen, acquired in the 1950s-1960s; and thence by descent.
Sold to benefit Archway, a respite care and housing charity in Aberdeen, charity no. SCO14665.

The goddess Bastet was regarded as offering protection to the home and children. During the Late to Ptolemaic Periods votive figures such as the present lot were left by worshipers as offerings in the goddess' temples.