1839-1204, LYCURGUS, KING OF THRACE, BOUND TO A TREE AS A PUNISHMENT FOR HIS OPPOSITION TO BACCHUS, IS BEING DESTROYED BY TWO WILD HORSES, ONE OF WHOM IS BITING HIS THIGH, WHILE THE OTHER IS TEARING HIS SIDE
Description: LYCURGUS, KING OF THRACE, BOUND TO A TREE AS A PUNISHMENT FOR HIS OPPOSITION TO BACCHUS, IS BEING DESTROYED BY TWO WILD HORSES, ONE OF WHOM IS BITING HIS THIGH, WHILE THE OTHER IS TEARING HIS SIDE
Inscription Greek: ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΔΟΥ
Signature: APOLLONIDES
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.244
Christie's, London: 1839-1204
Northwick, Worcestershire
Mr. Phillips, Auction Offices, 73 New Bond Street, London: 4 August 1859, lot 714
