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Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx
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Marble Parian, Archaic, Greek Attic
Rights: Public Domain
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Munsey Fund 1936 1938
Title: Marble capital and finial in the form of a sphinx
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Marble Parian, Archaic, Greek Attic.
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