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Hatshepsut Sphinx

Hatshepsut was a strong-willed woman who would not let anyone or anything stand in her way. In the second year of her co-regency with the child king Tuthmosis III she subverted his position and procalined herself pharaoh and King of Upper and Lower Egypt and ruled for about 20 years from about 1479 to 1457 B.C. Hatshepsut was portrayed, as in this sphinx, with all the regalia of kingship, even down to the official royal false beard. Of cultured marble, hand gold leafed and detailed.

Length 9 1/2"