A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE FIGURES OF SPHINXES

AFTER JOSEPH DESCHAMPS, 19TH CENTURY

Details

A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE FIGURES OF SPHINXES
AFTER JOSEPH DESCHAMPS, 19TH CENTURY
On rectangular plinths
22½ in. (57 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 15 June 2005, lot 428.

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Lot Essay

The present lot is a copy of the pair of carved sphinxes representing Autumn by Joseph Deschamps (d. 1788), created for the Belvedere of Marie Antoinette at the Trianon, Versailles, 1777-1778, which were sold Christie's, London, 9 December 2004, lot 240.

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