Pair of French Louis XVI Limestone Sphinx Garden Statues collection_ironwork gadrooned border with foliate blocks

gadrooned border with foliate blocks at the corners

Some shrinkage cracks

fireplace chimney features a shaped mantel surmounting a frieze that displays a small shell at the center with small reserves on the sides

The original stand was imaginatively designed with a scalloped apron with carved details and bold

Pair of French Louis XVI Limestone Sphinx Garden Statues collection_ironwork gadrooned border with foliate blocksDETAILS Designed as entrance guardian monuments, this pair of antique mythical sphinxes statuary display the head, face and bust of a neoclassical woman and the body of a recumbent lion figures on a rectangular stone plinth. STYLE Louis XVI PLACE OF ORIGIN France Europe PERIOD Louis XVI (1774 92) DATE Late 18th century DIMENSIONS (2) Width 15 Depth 48 Height 28. 5 inches CONDITION Note: the base of one displays a restored crack.