Sphinge assise

Seated sphinx
Bronze figure with female head, seated lion body
lion's body and paws ending in cloven hooves.
cloven hooves. The protruding chest is topped
with a collar from which thirteen crenellated
thirteen crenellated sides.
Early 18th century.
Height: 12.1 cm - Width: 6.9 cm
Depth: 3.5 cm
(Wear, minor knocks, mounted on a brocatelle
marble base)

PROVENANCE
- Nicolas de Hurtado Collection (1854 - 1920)
- Probably stolen on December 21, 1937 and
returned to the family on the 23rd to the widow
of the previous owner née Amparo, baronne Beyens
(1859-1946)
- Still in the family to this day.