Get the sphinx to guard the fire. Whether they’ll give you luck on the roulette wheel at Monte Carlo I have no idea. Not the Ancient Egyptian kind, but Egyptian Revival and considerably more decked out.

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A pair of Empire ormolu and black patina chenets with winged sphinxes, standing on rectangular bases with rounded sides decorated with chased Gorgon heads, horns of plenty and foliate scrolls; the sides are decorated with starbursts. Small tapered legs with spiral gadroons. Gilded bronze and black patina. 19th c. Probably French. Image © 2024 Bonhams. Fair use license. via https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30046/lot/78/paire-de-chenets-dits-aux-sphinges-ailees-bronze-dore-et-patine-noire-depoque-empire/?fbclid=IwAR0xXmrevRU9GPMDGqekJcjGokMOHCXBgbMXiC-7QPWhK6DTyAUtR6x60XU
Pair of gilt bronze and patinated bronze chenet, each surmounted by a detailed gilt bronze recumbent sphinx on rectangular patinated bronze plinth adorned with applied eagle wings and stylized lightning bolts within eagle talons, the opposite side with an ormolu wreath, all being symbols of the first French empire. French. First Empire, ca. 1800-1805. Image © 2015-24 Dirk Soulis Antiques LLC. Fair use license. via https://soulisauctions.com/Cat/LP4383-a-pair-gilt-and-patinated-bronze-chenets-with-sphinx-
Pair of gilt-bronze and patinated bronze chenets, each chenet surmounted with a patinated bronze figure of a resting sphinx. ca. 1890-1900. Egyptian Revival. Made in Paris, France by Bouhon Frères. Bouhon Frères/Bouhon et Cie, bronzier. Maker’s marks: signed Bouhon. Image: © 1996 – 2024 | Jan’s & Company Fine French Antiques Inc. Fair use license. via https://www.jansantiques.com/Lot/jac1690_2.php

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