Description: THE BIRTH OF ORION [ILYREUS DISCOVERING HIM UNDER THE BURIED SKIN OF AN OX]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.28
Christie's, London: 1839-1875
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): 487
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 203 and lot 242
