SPHINX, ONE OF TWO
Creator(s): Unknown (Manufacturer) , Alavoine (Retailer)
On view in: Breakfast Room
About this object
The model follows the 18th century French type of sphinx with a body of a lion and a woman's head dressed in the 18th century style. Sitting on her back is a nude cupid playing with a garland of roses.
- Object name:
- SPHINX, ONE OF TWO
- Made from:
- Biscuit porcelain
- Made in:
- Paris, France
- Date made:
- Late 19th c.-Early 20th c.
- Size:
- 12.1 x 13.5 cm (4 3/4 x 5 5/16 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 24.168.1
- Class:
- CERAMICS
- Signature marks:
- MARK Crossed L with two dots and 112 [Inscribed on the bottom] LABEL Fabrication Francaise (oval label); 567/26 / pair / UCX. (round label) [On the bottom] INSCRIPTION #567 / PC / # 833 (strikethrough) [On the bottom in pencil]
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973