1839-223, SCYLLA, STRIVING TO REACH THE GALLEY OF MINOS, PURSUED BY NISUS, WHO, IN THE FORM OF A HAWK [OSPREY], IS HOVERING OVER HER; MINOS, STANDING IN THE PROW OF THE VESSEL, IS REPULSING HER

Record Number: 40001432
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: 1839-223
Material of Original Gem: Amethyst
Description: SCYLLA, STRIVING TO REACH THE GALLEY OF MINOS, PURSUED BY NISUS, WHO, IN THE FORM OF A HAWK [OSPREY], IS HOVERING OVER HER; MINOS, STANDING IN THE PROW OF THE VESSEL, IS REPULSING HER
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.304
- Christie's, London: 1839-223
- Breadalbane, (Marquess): set in the Breadalbane Vase/Candelabrum 1862
- A. Pash and Sons of Mayfair, London, Market
- Christie's, London: 15 July 1886

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