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T189, TITHONUS CHANGED TO A GRASSHOPPER [ AURORA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WISH OF TITHON, TURNING HIM INTO A GRASSHOPPER ]

  • Record Number: 40000220
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T189
  • Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
  • Description: TITHONUS CHANGED TO A GRASSHOPPER [ AURORA, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE WISH OF TITHON, TURNING HIM INTO A GRASSHOPPER ]
  • Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
  • Signature: Gnaios
  • Literary Source Record: Anacreon
    Antipater, Antholologia
    Pere Rapin
  • Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.291
    • Christie's, London: 1839-356
    • 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): 189
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