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| Keywords: Egyptian - Statue of a Seated Cat - Walters 54403 - Three Quarter.jpg Cats were popular in Egypt and were associated with the goddess Bastet This seated cat with its tail curled forward has golden earrings a golden scarab inlaid on the forehead and a necklace with a pendant in low relief The pendant displays a standing goddess with the double-crown nursing the young Harpokrates ca 664 350 BC Late Period bronze gold glass cm 18 3 8 5 14 4 ; mount cm 6 9 9 4 16 3 accession number 54 403 35906 William Forman Collection Major Alexander Henry Browne nephew and heir of William Forman 1869 by bequest Sale Sotheby's London June 1899 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris by purchase Henry Walters Baltimore by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Egypt Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statues in the Walters Art Museum Statues of the Egyptian late period | ||||
