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Sphinxes all’antica, like Medusa heads, were enigmas often invoked in Neoclassical decorative arts. Someone took pains to preserve this piece after it broke, expertly repairing it with closely matched stone, then gluing it to a glass backing that has since been removed from the quartz ground layer.
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Title: Sphinx
Date: 18th century, with expert later repairs
Culture: Italian
Medium: Jasper with quartz
Dimensions: Overall: 2 3/16 x 2 9/16 in. (5.6 x 6.5 cm); 55.6 x 65.3 x 8.5 mm
Classification: Lapidary Work-Gems
Credit Line: The Milton Weil Collection, 1939
Accession Number: 39.22.35
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