Grecian Sphinx

Wedgwood

  • Titles Grecian Sphinx (Descriptive)
  • Artist Wedgwood, England, est. 1759
  • Medium stoneware (black basalt)
  • Dimensions 8 x 11 1/4 x 4 3/4 in. (20.3 x 28.6 x 12.1 cm)
  • Credit Line Collection of the Art Fund, Inc. at the Birmingham Museum of Art; The Buten Wedgwood Collection, gift through the Wedgwood Society of New York, AFI.3209.2008
  • Work Type sphinx
  • Classification Sculpture

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