ID 734888
Lot 28 | AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT
Estimate value
$ 700 000 – 900 000
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
14 3⁄4 in. (37.4 cm.) high
Provenance
Robert Sturgis Ingersoll (1891-1973), president of the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 1947-1964, Philadelphia, acquired by 1962; thence by descent.
Property of the Late R. Sturgis Ingersoll, Esquire, Philadelphia; Antiquities, Sotheby Parke Bernet, New York, 4 May 1974, lot 198.
Richard T. Wilson, U.K.
The Property of R.T. Wilson, Esq.; Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 2 July 1996, lot 70.
Literature
National Geographic 122, no. 4, October 1962, n.p. (advertisement).
Esquire, May 1962, p. 25 (advertisement).
R. Seltzer, "Ingersoll Art to Be Auctioned at Super-Sale," The Philadelphia Inquirer, 12 April 1974, p. 11-B.
A. Edelstein, ed., Art at Auction: The Year at Sotheby Parke Bernet 1973-1974, New York, 1974, p. 321.
Exhibited
Kent, Leeds Castle Foundation, circa 1976-1996.
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Place of origin: | Egypt, Africa |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities, Sculptures, Statues & Figures |
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