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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EGYPTIAN GREY MARBLE SPHINX
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
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AN EGYPTIAN GREY MARBLE SPHINX
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
Recumbent, with forepaws outstretched, tail curled up and over the right haunch, wearing nemes headdress, with chubby face and round lidded eyes, on integral base
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) long
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD, CIRCA 332-30 B.C.
Recumbent, with forepaws outstretched, tail curled up and over the right haunch, wearing nemes headdress, with chubby face and round lidded eyes, on integral base
13 ½ in. (34.3 cm.) long
Provenance
Private collection, UK, acquired 19th Century; and thence by descent to the present owner.
Brought to you by
Francesca Hickin