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T105, VULCAN, HAVING SURPRISED VENUS AND MARS, ENCLOSES THEM IN HIS BRAZEN NET, WHICH UNITED EXTREME LIGHTNESS WITH SUCH SOLIDITY, THAT EVEN THE GOD OF WAR COULD NOT BREAK IT

  • Reference Number: T105
  • Description: VULCAN, HAVING SURPRISED VENUS AND MARS, ENCLOSES THEM IN HIS BRAZEN NET, WHICH UNITED EXTREME LIGHTNESS WITH SUCH SOLIDITY, THAT EVEN THE GOD OF WAR COULD NOT BREAK IT
  • Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
  • Signature: Pyrgoteles
  • Literary Source Record: Homer, Odyss.
  • Current Collection: British Museum, London
  • 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)
    • Scarisbrick, (Charles), Esq.
    • Christie's, London
    • Rudoe, J. in M. Jones (ed.): Fake? (1990)
    • Rudoe, J. 'The faking of gems in the eighteenth century' in: Why Fakes Matter (1992)
  • Material: Sardonyx
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