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SPHINX

Sphinx. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (5.6 x 6.5 cm); 55.6 x 65.3 x 8.5 mm. Date: 18th century, with expert later repairs. Sphinxes all'antica, like Medusa heads, were enigmas often invoked in Neoclassical decorative arts. Someone took pains to preserve this piece after it broke, expertly repairing it with closely matched stone, then gluing it to a glass backing that has since been removed from the quartz ground layer.
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Título: SPHINX
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 Sphinx. Culture: Italian. Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (5.6 x 6.5 cm); 55.6 x 65.3 x 8.5 mm. Date: 18th century, with expert later repairs. Sphinxes all'antica, like Medusa heads, were enigmas often invoked in Neoclassical decorative arts. Someone took pains to preserve this piece after it broke, expertly repairing it with closely matched stone, then gluing it to a glass backing that has since been removed from the quartz ground layer.
Técnica/material: Jasper with quartz
Museo: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito: Album
Autorizaciones: ? Cesión de modelo: No - ? Cesión de propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen: 3150 × 4200 px | 37.9 MB
Tamaño impresión: 26.7 × 35.6 cm | 1240.2 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)
Palabras clave: CALCEDONIA • ESCULTURA EUROPEA Y ARTES DECORATIVAS • ESCULTURA • EUROPA • ITALIA • JASPE • JOYAS • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • ZAFIRINA (CALCEDONIA AZUL)