Currently not on view
Cheek piece in the form of a crouching sphinx,
ca. 1000–750 BCE
Iranian
y1952-5
Information
Title
Cheek piece in the form of a crouching sphinx
Dates
ca. 1000–750 BCE
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
8.9 x 6.7 x 2.1 cm (3 1/2 x 2 5/8 x 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1952-5
Place Excavated
Iran, Loristan
Culture
Type
Materials
Subject
Given to the Museum by J. Lionberger Davis
- "Recent acquisitions," Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 12, no. 1 (1953): p. 38-39., p. 38
- Jane C. Waldbaum, "Luristan bronzes", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 32, no. 2 (1973): 8-15., p. 14 (illus.)
- "Gifts by J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900, to the Art Museum", Record of the Art Museum, Princeton University 33, no. 2 (1974): p. 24-30., p. 26
