EGYPTIAN BLUE FAIENCE CAT AMULET Third Intermediate Period, Ca. 1069 - 664 BC. A vivid blue faience amulet depicting a seated cat on an integral rectangular base. The animal is shown upright with forepaws together and tail curving around the right side. The head is alert with incised eyes and upright ears. A suspension loop is present on the back. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 45.2.2. Size: 49mm x 33mm; Weight: 18g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London. Reviewed by Simone Musso, consultant curator for Egyptian antiquities at the Stibbert Museum, Florence, Italy, member of the Nuri Archaeological Expedition.