T1094, THE SHADE OF HECTOR APPEARING TO AENEAS IN HIS SLEEP [THE NIGHT WHICH CLOSED THE FATE OF TROY, TO WARN HIM OF THE DANGER, AND TO URGE HIS REMOVING TO A PLACE OF SAFETY THE LARES AND THE OBJECTS SACRED TO THE WORSHIP OF VESTA]
Description: THE SHADE OF HECTOR APPEARING TO AENEAS IN HIS SLEEP [THE NIGHT WHICH CLOSED THE FATE OF TROY, TO WARN HIM OF THE DANGER, AND TO URGE HIS REMOVING TO A PLACE OF SAFETY THE LARES AND THE OBJECTS SACRED TO THE WORSHIP OF VESTA]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΚΛΕΟΥ
Signature: Diokleos
Last Recorded Collection: Private collection
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): VII.13
Christie's, London: 1839-692
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): 1094
Comments: Sold by White's Auctions, April 5, 2016, Middleboro, MA, USA for $825; for sale by Bruschini Tanca Antichita (in 2018: 11,676.33 Eur) https://www.1stdibs.com/jewelry/necklaces/pendant-necklaces/prince-poniatowski-collection-sardonyx-gold-intaglio-pendant-circa-1815/id-j_3165423/?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=criteo&utm_campaign=display_uk-pdp-criteo-non-exclusive&utm_content=mt¤cy=gbp. Mounted in the original gold carved frame with black enamel, stamped with the Papal hallmark of the city of Rome and the goldsmith and jeweller Luigi Mascelli (1804-1825).
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