Pair of French Louis XVI Limestone Sphinx Garden Statues collection_ironwork inner border of pillow molded

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fireplace chimney features a shaped mantel surmounting a frieze that displays a small shell at the center with small reserves on the sides

Pair of French Louis XVI Limestone Sphinx Garden Statues collection_ironwork inner border of pillow moldedDETAILS Designed as entrance guardian monuments, this pair of antique mythical sphinxes statuary display the head, face and bust of a neoclassical woman and the body of a recumbent lion figures on a rectangular stone plinth. STYLE Louis XVI PLACE OF ORIGIN France Europe PERIOD Louis XVI (1774 92) DATE Late 18th century DIMENSIONS (2) Width 15 Depth 48 Height 28. 5 inches CONDITION Note: the base of one displays a restored crack.