Cuff Bracelets Decorated with Cats
Unknown
ca. 1479–1425 B.C. · Gold, carnelian, lapis-lazuli, turquoise glass · Egyptian Art
The cats on this bracelet are similar to elements of royal jewelry dating to the beginning of Dynasty 18. The animal was sacred to the goddess Bastet, the benign counterpart of Sakhmet who incorporated the fierceness of a lioness.
- Artist
- Unknown
- Date
- ca. 1479–1425 B.C.
- Medium
- Gold, carnelian, lapis-lazuli, turquoise glass
- Department
- Egyptian Art
- Credit line
- Fletcher Fund, 1919–1922; Rogers Fund, 1922; Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1988 (1988.17i)
