Description: TYDEUS GNAWING THE HEAD OF MELANIPPUS [A THEBAN WARRIOR IS TURNING AWAY WITH HORROR FROM THE SCENE]
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Apollonides
Last Recorded Collection: Market: Berlin, Hofer Antikschmuck
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.317
Christie's, London: 1839-217
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): 712
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: 27.06.1854; lot 2
Market: Woolley and Wallis: 01 Nov 2018: lot 1899. Sold for 3,000 Pounds + Buyers Premium
Comments: BOTH CHRISTIE'S: SARDONYX
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