A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A SPHINX
A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A SPHINX

CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.

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A GRAECO-ROMAN MARBLE RELIEF FRAGMENT OF A SPHINX
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D.
Showing the female winged sphinx in profile to the right with head frontally facing, her head and breast carved in high relief, her feathered wings in shallower relief behind, one foreleg raised, her wavy hair centrally parted and drawn back at the sides, moulding above
21¾ in. (57.8 cm.) high max.; 3 in. (7.6 cm.) deep

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