A PAIR OF LEAD SPHINXES, possibly depicting Madame du Barry and Madame de Pompadour, each seated on their haunches, with their front legs crossed and supported on a tasselled cushion, the shoulders swathed in drapery, on stepped rectangular bases, early 20th century

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A PAIR OF LEAD SPHINXES, possibly depicting Madame du Barry and Madame de Pompadour, each seated on their haunches, with their front legs crossed and supported on a tasselled cushion, the shoulders swathed in drapery, on stepped rectangular bases, early 20th century
36in. (91.4cm.) wide; 27in. (68.6cm.) high; 13½in. (34.3cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
The John. T. Dorrance, Jr. Collection, sold Sotheby's, New York, 20th & 21th October 1989, lot 571.

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