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Collections

Head of a CryosphinxLate Period (724 - 333 BCE)

Not on view
Small granite sculpture of a hippopotamus head, roughly carved with low-relief circular eyes, blunt snout, and granular dark gray stone surface
Title
Head of a Cryosphinx
Place Made
Egypt
Date Made
Late Period (724 - 333 BCE)
Medium
Granite
Dimensions
Height: 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm)
Credit Line
The Phil Berg Collection
Accession Number
M.71.73.45
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Egyptian Art
Selected Bibliography
  • Berg, Phil. Man Came This Way: Objects from the Phil Berg Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1971.