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Description: | An incomplete cast solid copper-alloy backwards looking cat figurine, the terminals of the legs and tail of this cat are missing due to old breaks.
Its body measures 31.1mm in length, 11.3mm in width and 10mm in thickness. The body is rounded with a deep longitudinal groove beneath its head running down the centre of its neck and another longitudinal groove running below its tail base and along part of the underside of its belly. The body has broad shoulders, a narrow ribcage and rounded thighs which are defined with grooves. On the underside of the body, between the hind legs, is a moulding which suggests male genitalia. Traces of gilding can be seen on the body of the cat.
The head is twisted 180 degrees with the face looking along its back. The ears are small protruding crescents, the eyes are pointed oval shaped grooves and the nose depicted with a small vertical groove, the mouth is a large transverse groove.
The legs are solid and cylindrical, the cat appears to have stood on all four legs evenly. The tail, again cylindrical in shape, projects at right angles from the body and curves slightly to one side, it tapers towards its missing tip.
No exact parallel could be found for this cat figurine it has been examined by Helen Geake and is believed to be medieval in date. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 1200
1540 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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