158e: Sphinx

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/18/6
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 16.8 x 14.2 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a 3D object shaped like a sphinx, drawn from the rear left. The feet and part of the wings are missing, and are reconstructed with dotted lines. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Sphinx: compare originals in Case B."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/18], 158: Carvings in Ivory and Bone