{"product_id":"oedipus-and-the-sphinx-pendant-set","title":"Oedipus and The Sphinx Sculptural Pendant Set","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Darkness, distilled into silver.\" -Baudelaire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOn his way to Thebes, Oedipus encountered the Sphinx, who put a riddle to all passersby and destroyed those who could not answer. Although Oedipus solved the riddle, and overcame the Sphinx, he was in the end swallowed into the earth and became a guardian hero of the land.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome stories are too powerful to stay on canvas. This pendant set translates Gustave Moreau's iconic symbolist masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eOedipus and The Sphinx\u003c\/em\u003e, permanently housed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York into wearable sculpture-designed to be worn together or apart\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach piece began as a sketch in graphite, evolved into a hand-carved wax model, and cast in sterling silver through the lost-wax process. Every detail is finished by hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMaterials:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sterling silver (pendants + chain)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCombined weight:\u003c\/strong\u003e Approximately 40 grams\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOedipus pendant:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~2.5\" in height\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSphinx pendant:\u003c\/strong\u003e ~2\" in height\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eChain length:\u003c\/strong\u003e 16\" vintage sterling silver chain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProcess:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hand-carved wax → lost-wax cast → hand-finished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWear it together or apart.\u003c\/strong\u003e Sold as a set, and ready to wear. The Sphinx pendant detaches transforming the design into matching couples pendants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOwn the myth with this one-of-a-kind, limited series.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nymphe Sileni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47875130786030,"sku":null,"price":1100.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3039\/3838\/files\/silver-necklace-on-black-fabric-mannequin.png?v=1775836913","url":"https:\/\/nymphesileni.com\/products\/oedipus-and-the-sphinx-pendant-set","provider":"Nymphe Sileni","version":"1.0","type":"link"}