EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT FIGURE. Late Period, Ca. 664 - 332 BC. A bronze figure in the form of a cat, reflecting the Egyptian practice of associating specific animals with deities - such as the hawk with Ra, the lion with Sakhmet, the ram with Khnum, and the cat with Bastet. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 10.130.1332. Size: 59mm x 30mm; Weight: 75g 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. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.