EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN BASTET CAT-SHAPED PENDANT New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A carnelian pendant carved in the form of a seated cat with upright posture, the forelegs positioned close together and the body resting on an integral rectangular base. Pointed ears rise from a smoothly contoured head, with a suspension loop cut at the back of the neck. For similar see: Antiques Spink and Son, Illustrated catalogue of a selection of Antiques, Cat. 26. Size: 24.6mm x 13.2mm; Weight: 2.75g 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.