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Egyptian Art, 828-525 BC, Gulbenkian Museum, Lisbon

2006 Conservation and Restoration
Archaeological goods
  • Sculpture in bronze, Sarcophagus of Cats, Saite Period, 664-525 BC, representing a cat nursing a kitten and playing with other;
  • Funerary mask in gilded silver, embossed, engraved, and pigmented around the eyes and eyebrows, XXX dinasty 664-525 BC, representing an ideal face of a dead man, whose name was not preserved;
  • Cast bronze statue carved, Late Period, XXVI dynasty, representing the Lady of Chepés wearing a simple tunic girded to the body, with a smiling face and short hair.
  • Male statue fragment with a walking attitude, made of copper alloy, copper and gold, Late Period, XXIII dynasty, 828-793 BC, representing the King Padibastet, the first Pharaoh of the Ancient Egypt 23rd Dynasty.

Acknowledgements Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

Detail of a funerary mask, before the intervention.
Detail of a funerary mask, after the intervention.
Funerary mask, before the intervention.
Funerary mask, after the intervention.
Sculpture Sarcophagus of Cats, before the intervention (front).
Sculpture Sarcophagus of Cats, after the intervention (front).
Sculpture Sarcophagus of Cats, before the intervention (back).
Sculpture Sarcophagus of Cats, after the intervention (back).
Sculpture Sarcophagus of Cats, before the intervention (side).
Sculpture Sarcophagus of Cats, after the intervention (side).
Sculpture Lady of Chepés, before the intervention (front).
Sculpture Lady of Chepés, after the intervention (front).
Sculpture Lady of Chepés, before the intervention (side).
Sculpture Lady of Chepés, after the intervention (side).
Sculpture of the Torso of King Padibastet, before the intervention (front).
Sculpture of the Torso of King Padibastet, after the intervention (front).
Sculpture of the Torso of King Padibastet, before the intervention (back).
Sculpture of the Torso of King Padibastet, after the intervention (back).