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Crouching Sphinx (Missing Head)no date

Not on view
Ceramic sculpture of a crouching animal figure with incised feather and scroll patterns, covered in a crazed turquoise glaze with sandy buff showing through the cracks

Unknown, Crouching Sphinx (Missing Head), no date, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Title
Crouching Sphinx (Missing Head)
Place Made
Eastern Mediterranean
Date Made
no date
Medium
Ceramic
Dimensions
4 × 7 × 4 in. (10.16 × 17.78 × 10.16 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Nasli M. Heeramaneck
Accession Number
M.76.174.192
Classification
Sculpture
Collecting Area
Art of the Middle East: Ancient