EGYPTIAN BRONZE PRIESTESS OF BASTET STATUE. 22nd Dynasty, Ca. 943 - 720 BC. A leaded bronze figurine of a priestess depicted standing and holding a sistrum in her right hand and an aegis with a basket in the crook of her left arm. She wears a long, form-fitting garment and has a stylized coiffure. Mounted on a custom-made wooden base. For similar see: The Louvre Museum, Main number: E 4254 (later). Exhibited: Picker Art Gallery and Fitchburg Art Museum. Size: 120mm x 40mm; Weight: 153g Provenance: Private Jones collection, Boulder, Colorado, USA; Ex. Artemis Gallery, Louisville, Colorado, USA, acquired via private sale in 2022; Ex. private Tecumseh, Michigan, USA collection, acquired in January 1989; Ex. Royal-Athena Galleries, New York, New York, USA; Ex. private French collection; on loan to Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University and Fitchburg Art Museum from 1990 to 2016. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.