Sphinx figurine

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Inventory number

ΕΑΜ Χ 6497

Category

Bronzes

Period

Archaic Period

Date

525-500 BC

Dimensions

Height: 0.07 m

Material

Bronze

Location

First Floor Case 19, Νο 3

Description
Bibliography

Almost intact figurine of a Sphinx on a small rectangular base. The left wing and the tail are missing. The daemonic figure is seated on her hind legs, staring ahead. Her long hair is adorned with a stephane and she has almond-shaped eyes with heavy lower lids, slender and straight nose, small mouth and a square jaw. Her chest as well as front legs are covered in feathers which are rendered in crescent shaped depressions. The surface of the rest of the body and her wing is sleek.

De Ridder, A., Bronzes Trouvés sur l' Acropole d'Athènes, Paris, 1896, σελ. 153-154, εικ. 108, αρ. κατ. 441
Niemeyer, H.G., «Attische Bronzestatuetten der spätarchaischen und frühklassischen Zeit», Antike Plastik 3, 1964, σελ. 30, εικ. 29
Fuchs, W., Floren, J., Die griechische Plastik, I: Die geometrische und archaische Plastik, München, 1987, σελ. 306