France 2891 M00054
A Pair of Imposing Early French Empire Recumbent Sphinxes, carved from solid variegated celadon marble and each a female with a human face and a lion’s body draped in an elaborate ceremonial mantel and with their long tresses in tightly rolled braids in the front and a chignon in back, raised on a simple rectangular plinth
Height 22 1/4″; Width 30 1/2″; Depth 13 3/4″