Statue of cat

Item

Title
Statue of cat
Description
Bronze (?) statue with mummified cat inside. From Ptolemaic Period.
Date
332-330 B.C.
Format
h. (including tangs) 32 cm (12 5/8 in); w. 11.9 (4 11/16 in); d. 23.3 cm (9 3/16 in)
Identifier
Cat002_MMA
Medium
Bronze
Provenance
Ex Collection Tigrane Pasha, Egypt (d. 1904). Purchased by the Museum from Michel A. Abemayor, New York, 1956.
Rights Holder
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Rights
Public Domain
Source
https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/544118?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=cat&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=2
Item sets
A Study of Cats