AN EGYPTIAN WOOD CAT

AN EGYPTIAN WOOD CAT
Late Period, Circa 664 - 30 B.C.
Of slender form, depicted seated on its haunches, with slender front legs and forepaws together, with tall pointed pierced ears and a short muzzle with incised whiskers, 14cm high.
Provenance: Collection of Dr Gottlieb Wilhelm Leitner (1840 - 1899), Woking, Surrey, UK; Bonham's, London, Antiquities, 23 May 2012, lot 333.