Skip to main content
Sphinx furniture attatchment
Sphinx furniture attatchment
Object numberCC23.025

Sphinx furniture attatchment

Date5th c BCE
Artist (Classical (Ancient European: Greek), NA)
CultureGreek
MediumMetal: bronze
DimensionsSight: 3 7/16 x 2 3/4 in. (8.73 x 6.99 cm)
Credit LineTransfer from Vassar College Classics Department, 1968
On View
Not on view
Period5th c BCE (?)
Classification(s)
DescriptionCard: "Siren, VI century B.C., from Olympia. Recurred wings and short body. Rises from a conventional ornament of palmette and volutes. Pretends to 5th century (David Mittens)." Period questioned by Sotheby's.
Object information is a work in progress and may be updated as new research findings emerge. To help improve this record, please email loebcollections@vassar.edu
Reclining goat
Classical (Ancient European: Greek)
6th-5th c BCE
Culture: Greek
Attic Oenochoe
Currently Unidentified
4th c BCE
Culture: Greek
Egyptian
2nd c CE
Culture: Egyptian
Tête de femme
Pablo Picasso
1953-1954
Culture: Spanish
Plaque depicting two standing figures facing inwards (Theseus and Ariadne?)
Classical (Ancient European: Greek - Eastern)
7th c BCE
Culture: Greek
Apocalypse 1
Keith Haring
1988
Culture: American
Orleans, France
Joel Meyerowitz
1967
Culture: American
Blood of Souls/Diadem of Kings
Jean-Marc Superville Sovak
2023
Culture: Canadian, American