Description: CRINISUS [CRINESE], IN THE SHAPE OF A BEAR, PAYING COURT TO EGESTA
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Last Recorded Collection: Market: Bertolami Fine Art, Auction: April 27th 2022, lot 373
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.345
Christie's, London: 1839-2426
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): 739
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: June 9, 1851, lot 226
Comments: PONIATOWSKI AND CHRISTIE'S: CHALCEDONY SAPPHIRE
