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THBPair of Romano-Egyptian Pottery Figures - Cat & Dog
Lot 9
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Egypt, Roman Period, ca. 100 BCE to 100 CE. A wonderful pair of mold-formed terracotta figurines from Romano Egypt; a cat and a Sothic dog. First, the ancient feline is seated on its hind legs with its tail wrapped around its body. Its adorable visage features bulging, annular eyes, a round snout, and petite ears, as a lovely collar is tied in a bow around its neck. Alternatively, the charming canine is shown recumbent with his legs drawn up beneath him and a collar with three circular medallions adorning its neck. Peering outwards, the handsome animal exhibits a lengthy snout, folded ears, and sizable eyes. Both animals have been carefully incised with strands of fur throughout their bodies. Size of largest: 2.125" L x 0.75" W x 1.25" H (5.4 cm x 1.9 cm x 3.2 cm)
Cats played an important role in ancient Egyptian culture, and today's housecats come from the domestication of wild cats that lived along the Nile. The aloofness and aura of mystery that cats held, captivated the imagination and quickly transformed them into deity figures, represented by Bastet, the cat headed goddess of good health and daughter of the sun god Ra.
The Sothic dog of Isis was connected with the dog star Sirius, the heliacal rising of which marked the first day of the year and the coming of the yearly flooding of the Nile (the inundation). Figures of the Sothic dog were popular during the 1st and 2nd Century CE - valued for the domestic shrines as a harbinger of the New Year and to protect the household from the chaos caused by the rising waters.
Provenance: ex-private New Jersey, USA collection; ex-collection of a prominent Egyptologist, brought to the United States in 1954
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#162617Chip to cat's head and posterior. Dog missing proper right front leg. Expected softening of detail, nicks, and abrasions, commensurate with age. Otherwise, nice with lovely earthen deposits.Condition
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