© Soho House
Pair of Sphinxes
Artist: Artist not known
Location: Soho House
Date: 1795
Materials: stone
Dimensions: 105.5 x 127 x 62.5cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £79,936 (Total: £285,485; tax remission)
Vendor: Christie's
Review number: 5006 (2001)
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Provenance:
Supplied to Matthew Boulton for the gardens at Soho House for the 'Sphinx Walk' by Edward Gray Saunders, 1795; moved from Soho House to another Boulton family home mid 19th Century; sold as part of this estate to the present vendor.
Description:
A pair of George III carved stone sphinxes, one looking to the left, the other to the right. Each one crouching and carved with a lambrequin saddle-cloth.
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