AN EGYPTIAN FAIENCE RING WITH A CAT.
New-Kingdom, Dynasty 18, ca. 1400-1295 BCE
H. 17,5 mm

Provenance
Formerly with, Waldmeyer Sylvia , Zurich, 12.12.1990

Publications - Jewellery of the Pharaohs, Treasures of Magic, Power and Beauty, 2005, p.105 - National Museum of Tokyo, Cleopatra and the Queens of Egypt, 11/7-23/09 2015, n°61

With a single hoop, flatten within and surmounted by a very delicate crouched cat figure, possibly a representation of the goddess Bastet. Beautiful conservation.

Estimate: 1000 - 1500 CHF