Cat Coffin
305–30 BC
Maker Unknown
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Cat Coffin, 305–30 BC. Egypt, Ptolemaic Dynasty (305-30 BC). Bronze, hollow cast; overall: 51 x 14.1 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 5 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.998 A necklace appears to have been incised or scratched into the finished bronze; faint traces are visible on the chest.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Funerary Equipment
- Formatted Medium
- bronze, hollow cast
- Dimensions
- Overall: 51 x 14.1 x 24 cm (20 1/16 x 5 9/16 x 9 7/16 in.)
- Departments
- Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
- Accession Number
- 1917.998
- Credit Line
- Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Exhibitions
- The Silver Jubilee Exhibition, A Cleveland Bestiary, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1916). no. 163, p. 225<br><br>Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (29 August 1952 - 2 April 1953).<br><br>Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1981b). no. 31
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 107 Egyptian
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