Bronze ornament in the form of a seated male sphinx, Augustan, ca. 27 B.C.–A.D. 14, Roman, bronze, Height 5 11/16 in. (14.5 cm), Bronzes, The ornament, originally clad in silver, served as a furniture attachment or, more likely, as part of a candelabrum or a stand for a censer or bowl. Egyptianizing decorative arts were especially popular in Rome in the years after the defeat of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 31 B
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Bronze ornament, form, seated male sphinx, Augustan, ca, 27 B.C.–.D, 14, Roman, bronze, Height 5 11/16, 14.5 cm, Bronzes, ornament, originally clad, silver, served, furniture attachment, part, candelabrum, stand, censer, bowl, Egyptianizing decorative, arts, popular, Rome, years, defeat, Mark Antony, Cleopatra, 31 B
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