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Pair of Sphinxes Pair of Sphinxes

© Soho House


Pair of Sphinxes

Unknown Artist

Art Funded
2001
Dimensions
105.5 x 127 x 62.5 cm
Vendor
Christie's
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.

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.

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