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Lot 192

An Egyptian limestone sphinx

28 November 2019, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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An Egyptian limestone sphinx
Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.
The couchant human headed sphinx with leonine body recumbent on an integral rectangular base, the tail curled up around its left haunch, the extended forelegs with incised outline, the face carved with large rimmed eyes and lips fixed in a smile, with traces of a short false beard, wearing a nemes headdress with central uraeus, 31cm long, 23cm high

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Provenance:
Seward Kennedy (1925-2015) collection, London and New York.
with Finch & Co., London, ca. 2009.
Mr A. collection, Paris, acquired from the above.

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