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Ancient Egyptian Monumental Temple Sphinxes
Located in London, GB
A pair of monumental limestone sphinxes of Pharaoh Nectanebo I, from the processional avenue of the Serapeum of Memphis, 30th Dynasty, circa 379 - 360 BC. The sphinxes of the Serapeum have captivated travellers since Roman times. However, despite their significance, they are conspicuously absent from the collections of most major museums. Indeed, their existence in private hands is so improbable, and their imitations so numerous, that the present sphinxes were assumed to be modern copies throughout their recent ownership history. Finally recognised and conserved after an extraordinary chance discovery at a garden furniture sale...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier Egyptian Egyptian Figurative Sculptures

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Limestone

antique Bronze Door Knocker with Sphinx
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
O/5517 - Antique bronze door knocker with sphinx - From the early 19th century, after the great Egyptian discoveries with great interest for the whole world. Beautiful on the door, ...
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Antique Early 19th Century French Egyptian Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Marble Obelisk with Brass Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand carved and polished marble obelisk in pastel tones on a polished brass base.
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Antique 19th Century European Mounted Objects

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Marble, Brass

Large Marble Obelisk with Brass Mount
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A hand carved, beautifully veined solid, polished marble obelisk mounted on a polished brass base.
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Antique 19th Century European Mounted Objects

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Marble, Brass

Gilt Madame Pompadour Sphinx
Located in Atlanta, GA
Gilt Madame Pompadour or DuBarry Sphinx, France, circa late 19th Century - Early 20th Century. This could be a depiction of either Madame Pompadour or Madame DuBarry, who were both m...
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Antique Early 1900s French Egyptian Revival Figurative Sculptures

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Resin

Pair of Sphinxes, Marble
Located in Madrid, ES
While this mythological animal with a lion's body and female head is found in ancient Egyptian art, idealization, its proportions and the lines of the sculptures relate them much mor...
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20th Century European Neoclassical Animal Sculptures

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Marble

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