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PROPERTY FROM A NEW ENGLAND COLLECTION
AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SPHINX
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
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AN EGYPTIAN BRONZE SPHINX
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted reclining on an integral narrow rectangular plinth, the forepaws parallel and extending forward, the tail tucked below the body and curving around his right hind quarter, wearing a beaded broad collar and a striated nemes-headcloth fronted by a uraeus, a pointed tenon below
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long
ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicted reclining on an integral narrow rectangular plinth, the forepaws parallel and extending forward, the tail tucked below the body and curving around his right hind quarter, wearing a beaded broad collar and a striated nemes-headcloth fronted by a uraeus, a pointed tenon below
2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father, New York, prior to 1980.
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