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Mount, Gilt bronze, Winged female sphinx facing right with acanthus leaf crown from which springs an ancanthus-like flower, a tall symmetrically leafed and berried stem and a long spiraled leafed stem ending in a rosette. Sphinx's tail is an elongated acanthus leaf ending in a double spiraled stem, each of which terminates in a rosette. Seven screw holes and two small threaded projections under feet for attachment to wood. End broken off center stem projecting from crown., ca. 1805, Decorative Arts, Mount.

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Mount, Gilt bronze, Winged female sphinx facing right with acanthus leaf crown from which springs an ancanthus-like flower, a tall symmetrically leafed and berried stem and a long spiraled leafed stem ending in a rosette. Sphinx's tail is an elongated acanthus leaf ending in a double spiraled stem, each of which terminates in a rosette. Seven screw holes and two small threaded projections under feet for attachment to wood. End broken off center stem projecting from crown., ca. 1805, Decorative Arts, Mount

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Album / quintlox

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4810 x 7020 px | 96.6 MB

Print size:

40.7 x 59.4 cm | 16.0 x 23.4 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1805 • ACANTHUS LEAF CROWN • ANCANTHUS-FLOWER • ATTACHMENT • BERRIED STEM • BROKEN OFF CENTER STEM PROJECTING • CROWN • DECORATIVE ARTS • DOUBLE SPIRALED STEM • ELONGATED ACANTHUS LEAF ENDING • GILT BRONZE • LONG SPIRALED LEAFED STEM ENDING • MOUNT • ROSETTE • SEVEN SCREW HOLES • SPHINX'S TAIL • SPRINGS • TALL SYMMETRICALLY LEAFED • TERMINATES • TWO SMALL THREADED PROJECTIONS UNDER FEET • WINGED FEMALE SPHINX FACING RIGHT • WOOD • ÇA