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T236, MERCURY CAME DOWN FROM MOUNT OLYMPUS, BURST THE CHAINS WHICH BOUND MARS, AND DELIVERED HIM, UNKNOWN TO THE GIANTS [ALCIDES]

  • Record Number: 40000267
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T236
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: MERCURY CAME DOWN FROM MOUNT OLYMPUS, BURST THE CHAINS WHICH BOUND MARS, AND DELIVERED HIM, UNKNOWN TO THE GIANTS [ALCIDES]
  • Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
  • Signature: Gnaios
  • 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): 236
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres gravĂ©es antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.361
    • Christie's, London: 1839-774
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