Description: VENUS AND IRIS RETURNING TO HEAVEN [IN THE CHARIOT OF MARS IRIS IS REPRESENTED WITH WIDE EXPANDED WINGS URGING THE SPEED OF THE HORSES ]
Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Dioskourides
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Christie's, London: 1839-672
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): 911
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 144
Sharp, (Samuel)
Sotheby's, London: 5 April 1883: lot 65
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