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Head probably from a sphinx
Head probably from a sphinx

Head probably from a sphinx

about 480 B.C.
Medium/TechniqueMarble, with some crystalline structure, from mainland Greece or perhaps from the Greek islands
DimensionsHeight: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund
Accession number1973.209
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
ProvenanceBy 1946: Professor Vladimir G. Simkhovitch Collection (said to have come from Aegina); inherited by his daughter after his death in 1959, and kept by her until about 1973; by 1973: with Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., Malzgasse 25, Basel, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Münzen und Medaillen, A.G., May 9, 1973