Auction on
13 December 2022 - 14:30 (CET) -
Salle 4 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009
A highlight of the Bouvier Collection, a statue of Bastet, great in every sense, rose high in the hierarchy of her sister divinities.
Egypt, Saite period, probably 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BCE. Statue of seated cat representing the goddess Bastet, bronze and electrum, h. 27.8 cm/10.9 in. Result: €1,023,400
Egypt, Saite period, probably 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BCE. Statue of seated cat representing the goddess Bastet, bronze and electrum, h. 27.8 cm/10.9 in. Result: €1,023,400
Imperturbable during fierce bidding at the Paris saleroom, and as hieratic as on the day she appeared in Egypt during the reign of the Saite pharaohs, this statue of a seated cat representing the goddess Bastet topped the million mark, purring up to precisely €1,023,400. She had made a considerable…
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