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T95, PROSERPINE METAMORPHOSING ASCALAPHUS INTO AN OWL [BY POURING THE WATER OF PHLEGETON ON HIS HEAD HE APPEARS UNDER A POMEGRANATE TREE, THE FRUIT OF WHICH THE GODDESS HOLDS IN HER LEFT HAND]

  • Record Number: 40000124
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T95
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: PROSERPINE METAMORPHOSING ASCALAPHUS INTO AN OWL [BY POURING THE WATER OF PHLEGETON ON HIS HEAD HE APPEARS UNDER A POMEGRANATE TREE, THE FRUIT OF WHICH THE GODDESS HOLDS IN HER LEFT HAND]
  • Inscription Greek: ΚΑΕΚΑΣ
  • Signature: Kaekas
  • Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
  • Last Recorded Collection: 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): 95
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.147
    • Christie's, London: 1839-763
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