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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: A sculpture of a cat sat upright with a spoon and fork in its front paws by artist Reniel Del Rosario.

Reniel Del Rosario

Sculpture of Bastet, 2023
glazed stoneware
30.5 x 27.9 x 21.6 cm
12 x 11 x 8 1/2 in
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Sculpture of Bastet Unknown Egyptian artist The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The goddess was usually shown as a cat-headed woman, or...
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Sculpture of Bastet
Unknown Egyptian artist

The Gayer-Anderson cat is a bronze figure depicting one form of the goddess Bastet. The goddess was usually shown as a cat-headed woman, or in the form of a cat. Her principal cult center was Bubastis in the Nile Delta. Bastet was a mother goddess and benign counterpart to the more aggressive lion goddess Sekhmet. This bronze figure probably comes from a temple. Thousands of bronze figures of gods, in varying sizes and forms, were dedicated in temples throughout Egypt. The donors of the statues hoped to communicate with the gods. Only the king or someone very wealthy could have afforded to commission an example as fine as this cat, adorned with precious metals.

Purchase through the Jim D. Endowment Fund
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