Figural bronze cast

Middle Eastern Collection

Accession Nr.: 62.264.1
Type: metalwork
Date of production:
11th-12th c.
Place of production:
Materials: bronze
Techniques: cast
Dimensions: length: 3.7 cm
width: 1.3 cm
The forelimbs of a sphinx shape with schematically depicted legs and head. Its reverse side is flat, in the middle there is a protruding horizontal tongue. It must have been the leg of a small chest originally.
Material: bronze, cast.