T958, POLYXENA SACRIFICED BY PYRRHUS AT THE TOMB OF ACHILLES [HE IS HOLDING THE DAUGHTER OF PRIAM BY THE HAIR, HIS SWORD IN HIS UPLIFTED RIGHT ARM ABOUT TO PIERCE HER; THE TOMB IS OF CLASSICAL DESIGN, ORNAMENTED WITH A FESTOON, MASKS AT THE CORNERS, IT IS INSCRIBED ACHILLES IN GREEK]
- Reference Number: T958
- Description: POLYXENA SACRIFICED BY PYRRHUS AT THE TOMB OF ACHILLES [HE IS HOLDING THE DAUGHTER OF PRIAM BY THE HAIR, HIS SWORD IN HIS UPLIFTED RIGHT ARM ABOUT TO PIERCE HER; THE TOMB IS OF CLASSICAL DESIGN, ORNAMENTED WITH A FESTOON, MASKS AT THE CORNERS, IT IS INSCRIBED ACHILLES IN GREEK]
- Inscription Greek: ΔΙΟΣΚΟΥΡΙΔΕΣ ΑΧΙΛΛΕΥΣ
- Signature: Dioskourides
- Current Collection: Unknown
- 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
- Material: Cornelian
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