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Seated cat
Dating
600/525 (ante)
Object type
Group of reported objects
Material / Technique
Metal (Bronze)
Measures
H 15,5 cm (ohne Marmorsockel)
Description
Consecration gift from the temple of the goddess Bastet in Bubastis. The
bronze is heavily patinated. The statue was acquired with ministerial
approval of 11 March 1902 in exchange for another Egyptian bronze and
additional payment from the collection of the Royal Museums, Berlin.
Provenance
acquired by Ginsberg in 1904 from the State Museum in Cairo; 1904 -1942
Ostasiatica Collection Herbert Ginsberg, Berlin; in 1942 large parts of
the Ginsberg collection were confiscated by the Sicherheitsdienst (SD)
in Rotterdam; whereabouts unknown
Literature / Source
Wiedergutmachungsakte im Landesarchiv Berlin: LAB, B Rep. 025-02 Nr.
233/57; undatierter Katalog (um Nov. 1929), in: DigiBaeck, Leo Baeck
Institute New York (LBI NY), Gilbert Family Collection, AR 1028/MF 818,
Box 7, folder 4, S. 690-921
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