Cat statue

The bronze sculpture, probably once covered with gold leaf, represents a cat, an animal sacred to the goddess Bastet.
The cat, shown with real life dimensions, is lying in the most common and widespread representation: sitting on its hind legs with its tail wrapped around its right thigh. The object has been created with particular emphasis on the back muscles with accentuation of the back arch. The eyes, now lost, were probably of glass paste and embedded in eye sockets; the statue shows the traditional gold earring in his left ear.