Description: TYDEUS GNAWING THE HEAD OF MELANIPPUS [A THEBAN WARRIOR IS TURNING AWAY WITH HORROR FROM THE SCENE]
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Apollonides
Current Collection: Market
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833)
Christie's, London
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)
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London
Market
Material: Cornelian
Comments: BOTH CHRISTIE'S: SARDONYX
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