1261, TWO HORSEMEN (DIOSCURI - DANUBE HORSEMEN) WITH SPEARS, WEARING PERSIAN CAPS AND CLOAKS, FACING ISIS, PROSTRATE FIGURES UNDERNEATH THE HORSES, TWO LAMPS AND SNAKES IN THE FIELD ABOVE, HARPOCRATES AT THE SIDE,THREE CUPS BELOW THE GROUNDLINE.
Description: TWO HORSEMEN (DIOSCURI - DANUBE HORSEMEN) WITH SPEARS, WEARING PERSIAN CAPS AND CLOAKS, FACING ISIS, PROSTRATE FIGURES UNDERNEATH THE HORSES, TWO LAMPS AND SNAKES IN THE FIELD ABOVE, HARPOCRATES AT THE SIDE,THREE CUPS BELOW THE GROUNDLINE.
Last Recorded Collection: Tassie, J.; Raspe, R.E.: A Descriptive Catalogue of a General Collection of Ancient and Modern Engraved Gems,... (1791): 108-109,NO.1261,TRAY 21.1, 21.3
Previous Collections:
Story-Maskelyne, M.H.: The Marlborough Gems (1870): NO. 280
Boardman, J., Scarisbrick, D., Wagner C., Zwierlein-Diehl, E: The Marlborough Gems (2009): NO. 290
