Silver Sphinx Lions depicting Emperor Augustus Caesar wearing

depicting Emperor Augustus Caesar wearing his centurion breast plate armour

but a warrior contend­ing with a mounted combatant

Origin: Handmade in England

Lantéri was born in Auxerre

57h x 19w x 19d cm

Silver Sphinx Lions depicting Emperor Augustus Caesar wearingThe French Sphinx, after the antique, Chatsworth House. A fine silver plated In European decorative art, the sculptured sphinx enjoyed a major revival during the Renaissance. Later, the sphinx`s image, something very similar to the original ancient Egyptian concept, was exported into many other cultures, albeit often interpreted quite differently due to translations of descriptions of the originals and the evolution of the concept in relation to other