Lot 12
Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Grecian Sphinx,
England, early 19th century,
19 April 2023, 10:00 EDT
Skinner Marlborough, MassachusettsUS$500 - US$700
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Stuart Slavid
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Therese Ferrara
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Pair of Wedgwood Black Basalt Grecian Sphinx,
England, early 19th century,
after a model by John Cheere, in the Greco-Egyptian style, each depicted as a female figure with a lion's body, wearing a diadem, scaled breastplate and an elaborately patterned saddlecloth, crouching with tails curled, on a stepped rectangular base, impressed mark, lg. 11 1/4, ht. 7 1/2 in.
after a model by John Cheere, in the Greco-Egyptian style, each depicted as a female figure with a lion's body, wearing a diadem, scaled breastplate and an elaborately patterned saddlecloth, crouching with tails curled, on a stepped rectangular base, impressed mark, lg. 11 1/4, ht. 7 1/2 in.