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PROPERTY FROM A LONG ISLAND COLLECTION
(LOT 428)
A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE SPHYNXS
19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
A PAIR OF WHITE MARBLE SPHYNXS
19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
On rectangular plinths
22½ in. (57 cm.) high, 32¼ in. (82 cm.) wide, 15½ in. (39 cm.) deep (2)
19TH EARLY 20TH CENTURY
On rectangular plinths
22½ in. (57 cm.) high, 32¼ in. (82 cm.) wide, 15½ in. (39 cm.) deep (2)
Sale room notice
Please note these sphinxes are copies of the pair of carved stone sphinxes representing Autumn by Joseph Deschamps (d. 1788), carved for the Belvedere of Marie Antoinette at the Trianon, Versailles, circa 1777-1778. For further information see sale catalogue, Christie's London, 9 December 2004, lot 240.