A good antique pair of spinxes in patinated bronze and decorated in great detail. The Sphinx ( is an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head, invented by the Egyptians of the Old Kingdom, but a cultural import in archaic Greek mythology. Generally is is seen as the body of a lion and the head of a man as in this case it has the head of a Pharoah. France circa 1880. 5.5 inches high by 9 inches wide and 3.5 inches deep ( 13.75 cm by 22.5 cm by 8.75 cm).