Marble Greek Sculptures (2) Sphinx

8" W x 4" D x 12" H per item.

Set of 2, crafted from white marble with meticulous handwork, so each piece is a unique work of art marked by variations in color and veining. The design follows a marble sphinx (ca. 580 to 575 B.C.) on a cavetto capital, which once topped the tall grave shaft of a young man named Philinos or Thalinos and belongs to the earliest type of grave stele produced in Attica during the 6th century B.C., from the early Archaic period fusion of Greek and Egyptian sculptural styles.