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Antiquity · The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 570731

Cat head

Unknown maker, 664–30 BCE

Cat head at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Metropolitan Museum of Art · Gift of Darius Ogden Mills, 1904 · Public domain

Artist
Unknown maker
Date
664–30 BCE
Medium
Cupreous metal
Dimensions
H. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.)
Era
Antiquity

Why it matters

Cat head, dated 664–30 BCE, is catalogued by The Metropolitan Museum of Art as a work in Cupreous metal. The API record does not identify a named maker. The recorded dimensions are H. 4.2 cm (1 5/8 in.); W. 3.5 cm (1 3/8 in.); D. 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in.). This factual page is generated from the museum catalogue and links directly to its source record.