SUGAR + MEOWS

eriebasin:

1920s Art Deco Chromed Sphinx Figurine, $165

1920 photograph of The Sphinx Realty Company at 537 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles

sphinxnomore:

أبو الهول

A French patinated-bronze, red and black marble three-piece clock garniture (late 19th century) by Remacle, Paris

Auction Estimate: £4,000–5,000/US$6,300–7,900/€4,700–5,900

A large French gilt and patinated bronze Rouge Griotte, grey and black marble mantel clock

Auction Estimate: £1,000–1,500/US$ 1,600–2,400/€1,200–1,800

Barcelona Sphinx – Salvador Dalí (Spanish, 1904–89)

JP Williams at home

The Great Sphinx of Giza at Sunset – Hermann Vogel (French, 1856–1918)

Auction Estimate: £3,000–5,000/US$4,700–7,900/€3,500–5,900

The Enchantress (1868) – Heinrich Lossow (German, 1843–97)

Civilis Seditio - Wenceslaus Hollar

Wedgwood Rosso Antico Egyptian vase and cover, England (early 19th century)

Chocolate-brown ground with crocodile finial, applied black basalt hieroglyphs in relief to a bowl supported by three sphinx-topped legs set on a raised circular base

archimaps:

The Sphinx, Egypt

heirantiques:

Mt. Auburn Cemetery Sphinx (Taken with instagram)

Best. Cemetery. Ever.

The tower in the background is also amazing. It’s deceptively taller than it appears, and provides amazing views of Cambridge and Boston.

Rest on the Flight to Egypt (detail) (1879) – Luc Olivier Merson

Louis Welden Hawkins, The Sphinx and the Chimera