EGYPTIAN CARNELIAN CAT-SHAPED AMULET
New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A carnelian amulet carved in the form of a recumbent cat with its forelegs extended and head raised. The body is smoothly rounded, and the feline features are simply rendered with incised details marking the eyes, nose, and whiskers. For similar see: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Accession number: 2013.52.351. Size: 16.6mm x 26.9mm; Weight: 4.35g 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.
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New Kingdom, Ca. 1550 - 1069 BC. A carnelian amulet carved in the form of a recumbent cat with its forelegs extended and head raised. The body is smoothly rounded, and the feline features are simply rendered with incised details marking the eyes, nose, and whiskers. For similar see: The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Accession number: 2013.52.351. Size: 16.6mm x 26.9mm; Weight: 4.35g 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.
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