Description: PLUTO CARRYING OFF PROSERPINE IN A QUADRIGA
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: Apollonides
Literary Source Record: Homeric Hymn to Ceres
Last Recorded Collection: Bonhams, London: 19th of September 2012, lot 23
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.142
Christie's, London: 1839
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): 91
Private Collection
Comments: The gem is not listed in the 1839 Christie's sale catalogue - probably it was thought it duplicated the previous entry (T90, lot 355). The sale is undoubtedly the source in which it was acquired by Tyrrell.
