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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN EGYPTIAN BASALT SPHINX
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
细节
AN EGYPTIAN BASALT SPHINX
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Couchant on an integral rectangular base, the long, slender leonine body with detailed rib cage and genitalia, a stylized mane covering the chest and indicated as a crescentic curve over the shoulders, his tail curling up around the left hind-leg, wearing nemes-headdress and false beard
21 1/8 in. (53.6 cm.) long
PTOLEMAIC PERIOD TO ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Couchant on an integral rectangular base, the long, slender leonine body with detailed rib cage and genitalia, a stylized mane covering the chest and indicated as a crescentic curve over the shoulders, his tail curling up around the left hind-leg, wearing nemes-headdress and false beard
21 1/8 in. (53.6 cm.) long
来源
Private collection, Canada; acquired 1934, and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 March 1998, lot 98.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 17 March 1998, lot 98.
拍场告示
Please note that the date should read circa 1st Century B.C., according to similar examples recently found in Alexandria.