A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED STONE SPHINXES ON PEDESTALS

THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III CARVED STONE SPHINXES ON PEDESTALS
Each with a seated sphinx with headdress and foliage-decorated saddle-cloth with zig-zag border, on a concave moulded stepped rectangular base, the rectangular pedestal with fluted sides on a stepped moulded base, one tail replaced in stone composition, one with both breasts repaired with lead
64 in. (162.5 cm.) wide; 66 in. (168 cm.) high; 31 in. (79 cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

By family tradition Woodhall Park, Hertfordshire.

Lot Essay

The sphinx, protector of Arcadia, is designed in the Louis XIV manner with Egyptian headdress. There is a related sphinx on Robert Adam's bridge at Compton Verney, Warwickshire, circa 1760-65, illustrated in C. Hussey, English Country Houses, Mid Georgian 1760-1800, London, 1952, fig. 2.

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