An Egyptian Cat in the Pantheon of Goddesses

A highlight of the Bouvier Collection, a statue of Bastet, great in every sense, rose high in the hierarchy of her sister divinities. Egypt, Saite period, probably 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BCE. Statue of seated cat representing the goddess Bastet, bronze and electrum, h. 27.8 cm/10.9 in. Result: €1,023,400 Imperturbable during fierce bidding at the Paris saleroom, and as hieratic as on the day she appeared in Egypt during the reign of the Saite pharaohs, this statue of a seated cat representing the goddess Bastet topped the million mark, purring up to precisely €1,023,400. She had made a considerable impression on the cover