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Sphinx with Headpiece Eating Mouse

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Title:
Sphinx with Headpiece Eating Mouse
Collection:
Cornell Gem Impressions Collection
Date:
19th century
ID Number:
GI_01_035
Accession Number:
01_1_0034
Winckelmann No.:
34
File Name:
GI_01_035.jpg
Work Type:
casts (sculpture)
Materials/Techniques:
casting (process)
pâte de verre (glass)
Subject:
headgear
sphinxes
mice
Dolphins
animals
Description:
The mouse dangles from the sphinx's mouth by its tail. A small dolphin is located above the sphinx.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
Collecting Program:
Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Archival Collection:
Cornell Collections of Antiquities
Format:
Image
Rights:
The content in the Cornell Collection of Antiquities: Gems Collection (in part the White Collection of Historical Medallions, #8420, Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections) is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of the age of the underlying material, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2013 from original materials, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Caitlin Barrett and Verity Platt. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item. Please contact rareref@cornell.edu for more information about this collection, or to request permission to use these images.

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