Bronze After Gayer-Anderson Cat (664–332 BC) 20th Century

Bronze After Gayer-Anderson Cat (664–332 BC) 20th CenturyAn interesting early 20th century bronze after the Gayer Anderson Cat (664332 BC). The Gayer Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The goddess was usually shown as a cat headed woman, or in the form of a cat. Her principal cult centre was Bubastis in the Nile Delta. Bastet was a mother goddess and benign counterpart to the more aggressive lion goddess Sekhmet. The original cat dates from the Late Period of ancient

Some browning and spotting to the pages

By repute the work is attributed to Scottish artist Katharine Cameron R

The spines boast further gilt stamped decoration

appearance

Stored in a later box for A & J Cohen

A substantial jaguar panther on marble plinth

This work includes a memoir of Mungo Park's early life

Towle for the stair landing of his enormous neo- Gothic mansion in Boston

The chairs are structurally sound and stand firm with no difficulties in weight bearing

A lock mechanism is in place internally

Depth including handle: 36

Gloucestershire