Summer Fine Auction
Thu, Jun 12, 2025 01:00PM EDT
Lot 5067
Pair of Neoclassical Style Carved Stone Sphinxes
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Bid Increments
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| $0 | $1 |
| $5 | $5 |
| $50 | $10 |
| $200 | $25 |
| $500 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
Pair of Neoclassical Style Carved Stone Sphinxes. Each wearing a caparison, scrolled carving to shoulders, resting on scrolled bases; each on a rectangular pedestal with gold velvet upholstery. 19th century. {Approximate dimensions: sphinx: 39" high x 16 1/2" wide x 44" deep; rectangular base: 34" high x 18 1/4" wide x 43 3/4" deep.}.
Condition
Condition: Sphinxes with some weathering, rubbing, and surface wear. Chips around sphinx base edges. Pedestals with some wear. Loss to wood moulding around base. Neither is fully covered with the upholstery.
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Provenance: Warren Kopp and Paul Hardman were interior designers who owned an antique shop and interior decorating studio in San Francisco in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1957, they bought the Talbot-Dutton House, now landmarked, where they appointed their own apartment as an homage to great French style. The apartment and contents were left to Warren Kopp's sister, Marilyn, after the respective deaths of PaulHardman, then Warren Kopp.
A 1950s photo of Mrs. Robert Folger Miller, modeling next to the Sphinxes in this lot, will be given to the successful bidder on this lot.