Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Sphinx on stepped Marble base

Antique Grand Tour Patinated Bronze Sphinx on stepped Marble base. Wonderful patination, of good size and beautifully cast. The Sphinx is an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head, invented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, but a cultural import in archaic Greek mythology.   French circa  1880   Height 20cm Length 27cm