A ROMAN BRONZE SPHINX

Lot 10
07.12.2023 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1076497
Lot 10 | A ROMAN BRONZE SPHINX
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A ROMAN BRONZE SPHINX

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).
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