Sub Category:	Classical Antiquities - Greek
Culture or Country:	Magna Graecia.
Period:	Ca. 6th century B.C.
Size:	9-1/2"
Description:	Hollow molded terracotta bust of a smiling Sphinx with a horizontally incised coiffure surmounted by a polos, her long tresses flowing down her shoulders and flanking her breasts. She bears extended forelegs, missing paws, a few minor edge chips and areas of encrustation on the surface, otherwise intact.
Provenance:	NYC collection, acquired in the 1970s at Sothebys, London, Dec. 2004, ex. Welsh private collection. Published: Art of the Ancient World, vol. XVII, 2006, no. 74. Ex Arte Primitivo