AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE CAT HEAD Late Period, Circa 664 - 332 B.C. Hollow cast, with large almond shaped eyes, finely modelled nose and muzzle, with large pointed pricked-up ears creating an alert impression, mounted on a 20th Century stone base with pencilled writing referring to the previous collection, the just visible text reading "12/5/195 or 6... Ex Coll How... [illegible] Herbert", 6.2cm high, Provenance: Private mid- 20th Century collection,  Footnotes: The cat was the animal particularly associated with the goddess Bastet who was often depicted with the head of a cat or lioness, this may be an example of a fragment of a larger figure of the goddess.