Description: SILENUS THE NURSE, PRECEPTOR, AND ATTENDANT OF BACCHUS, DRUNK, AND SEATED ON AN ASS, SUPPORTED BY FAUNS
Inscription Greek: ΠΕΜΑΛΛΙΟΥ
Signature: Pemallios
Last Recorded Collection: Private Collection: Tom Swope (New York)
Previous Collections:
Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): II.58
Christie's, London: 1839-2338
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): 276
Comments: See also Tom Swope's Blog (http://tomswope.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/lost-poniatowski-gem.html)
