SculptureEtruscan6th century BCE
Sphinx
550-540 BCE
Dimensions
56 x 69 x 25 cm (22 1/16 x 27 3/16 x 9 13/16 in.) 130 lb.
Provenance
[Sotheby's, New York, June 8, 1984, lot 13], sold; to the Fogg Art Museum. From the Kelekian Collection, New York. Presumably from the vicinity of Vulci.
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