Keywords: Egyptian - Statuette of a Standing Bastet - Walters 54408 (2).jpg Bastet often represented with the head of a lion or a cat was a goddess both of joy and pleasure and of warfare Here she holds a protective ritual instrument an usekh-collar surmounted by a feline head with a sun-disk ca 400 250 BC Late Period-Greco-Roman bronze with gold inlay cm 14 4 4 7 6 5 ; mount cm 4 8 5 1 9 3 accession number 54 408 38874 Dikran Kelekian New York and Paris Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1913 place of origin Memphis Egypt <gallery> File Egyptian - Statuette of a Standing Bastet - Walters 54408 jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license Ancient Egyptian statuettes in the Walters Art Museum Statues of Bastet Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |