T672, A SERPENT INSPIRING MELAMPUS WHILE ASLEEP WITH THE POWER OF DIVINATION [THE SERPENT RECOGNISING IN THE SLEEPING MELANTHUS HIS INSTRUCTOR IN THE ART OF DIVINATION]
Description: A SERPENT INSPIRING MELAMPUS WHILE ASLEEP WITH THE POWER OF DIVINATION [THE SERPENT RECOGNISING IN THE SLEEPING MELANTHUS HIS INSTRUCTOR IN THE ART OF DIVINATION]
Inscription Greek: ΠΥΡΓΟΤΕΛΕΣ
Signature: Pyrgoteles
Last Recorded Collection: Unknown
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.270
Christie's, London: 1839-1369
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): 672
Monson, (Lord)
Christie's, London: 27.06.1854; lot 40
Catalogue of A Rare Collection of Antique and Medieval Gems, (...) for the Charity Organization Society (...) of NY; Tiffany, 10.-16.3.1902: lot 1014
