T181, HEAD OF THE SUN [PHOEBUS] ISSUING FROM THE SHADES OF NIGHT

Record Number: 40000212
Sub-database: Poniatowski
Reference Number: T181
Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
Description: HEAD OF THE SUN [PHOEBUS] ISSUING FROM THE SHADES OF NIGHT
Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
Signature: Gnaios
Literary Source Record: Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautics,
Euripides, Ion
Sophocles, Trach. Virg.
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): 181
Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.279
- Christie's, London: 1839-227

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