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Lot 43*

An Egyptian bronze sphinx

28 November 2017, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£3,000 - £5,000

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An Egyptian bronze sphinx
Roman Period, circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.
Depicted recumbent on an integral low rectangular plinth, the forepaws outstretched, the tail wrapped around the right hindquarter, wearing a broad collar and a striated nemes-headdress with frontal uraeus, a pointed tenon below, 5.4cm long

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Provenance:
Private collection, New England, acquired prior to 1980; and thence by descent.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 5 December 2012, lot 149.

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