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Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital

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Marble, Archaic, Greek Attic
Greek and Roman Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art New York NY, Fletcher Fund 1924
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Title: Marble sphinx on a cavetto capital
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Marble, Archaic, Greek Attic.

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