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Funerary Stele with Two Sphinxes in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2018
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Limestone funerary stele (shaft) surmounted by two sphinxes
Period: Classical
Date: last quarter of the 5th century B.C.
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 34 3/4 x 26 15/16in. (88.2 x 68.5cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2499
Elegant sphinxes are positioned back-to-back with their heads turned so that they could be seen in three-quarters perspective. The calm beauty of the creature's head, the form of the palmettes, and the egg and dart molding that decorates the base of the platform are typical of Greek art of the fifth century B.C.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242050
Period: Classical
Date: last quarter of the 5th century B.C.
Culture: Cypriot
Medium: Limestone
Dimensions: Overall: 34 3/4 x 26 15/16in. (88.2 x 68.5cm)
Classification: Stone Sculpture
Credit Line: The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
Accession Number: 74.51.2499
Elegant sphinxes are positioned back-to-back with their heads turned so that they could be seen in three-quarters perspective. The calm beauty of the creature's head, the form of the palmettes, and the egg and dart molding that decorates the base of the platform are typical of Greek art of the fifth century B.C.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/242050
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