ID 1076497
Lot 10 | A ROMAN BRONZE SPHINX
Estimate value
£ 30 000 – 50 000
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C. - 1ST CENTURY A.D.
4 in. (10 cm.) high
Provenance
Leo Biaggi de Blasys (1906-1979), Lugano, acquired by 1964.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, New York, 10 December 2008, lot 37.
with Charles Ede, London.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, 2011.
Literature
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, pp. 76 and 106.
C. Dauphin, Les Animaux dans le Monde Antique: Le Bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, pp. 70 and 95, fig. 75.
Exhibited
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011 - 2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA759).
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
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| Medium: | Bronze |
| Art style: | Ancient Art |
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe, Roman Empire |
| Auction house category: | Ancient Art & Antiquities |
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