Bastet

Egypt, Late Period, 26th-30th Dynasty, circa 664-332 BC
Bronze
H.: 33,5 cm. - W.: 22,5 cm. - D.: 13 cm.
 

Provenance:

Probably in the collection of Georges Della Faille de Leverghem (1869-1944), diplomat and son-in-law of the Belgian ambassador in Egypt.
Former Belgian collection of his son, the count Charles-Jules Della Faille de Leverghem (1906-1960).
Passed down as an heirloom in the collection of the Countess Della Faille de Leverghem.
Sold by Sotheby’s London, « Catalogue of Egyptian (…) antiquities », 1 December 1969, lot 30.
Then in the private collection of Sylvia Wildenstein, Paris.