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Head of a sphinx (fragment) by Laurance P. Roberts — VisualArtsDB

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Head of a sphinx (fragment)

Head of a sphinx (fragment)

Head of a sphinx (fragment)

Laurance P. Roberts

1200

Medium: Stone-paste painted under and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)
Genre: Unclassified
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Stone-pasteceramicsSaljuq period (1037 - 1300)ArtArts of the Islamic WorldSphinx

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From 1950s – 2001

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