T867, VULCAN ATTACKING SCAMANDER [WITH A BURNING TORCH, IS ENTREATED BY THE RIVER XANTHUS TO DESIST FROM THE PURSUIT OF HIM, AND TO QUENCH THE FLAMES WITH WHICH, AT THE COMMAND OF JUNO, THE RIVER HAS DRIED UP]
Description: VULCAN ATTACKING SCAMANDER [WITH A BURNING TORCH, IS ENTREATED BY THE RIVER XANTHUS TO DESIST FROM THE PURSUIT OF HIM, AND TO QUENCH THE FLAMES WITH WHICH, AT THE COMMAND OF JUNO, THE RIVER HAS DRIED UP]
Inscription Greek: ΑΝΤΕΡΟΤΟΣ
Signature: Anterotos
Literary Source Record: Homer, Iliad
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): V.177
Christie's, London: 1839-984
Prendeville, J.: Explanatory catalogue of the proof-impressions of the antique gems possessed by the late Prince Poniatowski and now in the possession of John Tyrrell, Esq. (1841): 867
Catalogue of A Rare Collection of Antique and Medieval Gems, (...) for the Charity Organization Society (...) of NY; Tiffany, 10.-16.3.1902: lot 1020
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