Bronze After Gayer-Anderson Cat (664–332 BC) New Arrivals allowed painters to check perspective

allowed painters to check perspective and fit complex landscapes or subjects onto their canvases

Length of glass display: 14cm

the British Ambassador to the King of Naples

Tiana's artistic vision was strongly shaped by the valleys of the Lake District with their powerful weather condition reflecting the elemental power of nature

The eye piece retains the original dust cover

Bronze After Gayer-Anderson Cat (664–332 BC) New Arrivals allowed painters to check perspectiveAn interesting early 20th century bronze after the Gayer Anderson Cat (664332 BC). 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 centre was Bubastis in the Nile Delta. Bastet was a mother goddess and benign counterpart to the more aggressive lion goddess Sekhmet. The original cat dates from the Late Period of ancient