Italian, early 19th century
Intaglio with Mercury and Chelone
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Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
Italian, early 19th century
Intaglio with Mercury lulling Chelone (Chione) to sleep
inscribed: ΑΠΟΛΛΩΝΙΑΣ
carnelian, within a pendant mount
intaglio: 40mm., 1½in.
Prince Stanislas Poniatowski (1754-1833);
his sale, Christie's, London, 1839, lot 2189;
possibly Hallum collection, Christie's London, 14-15, July 1865, lot 152
Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski, 1830-1833, no. I.344;
J. Prendeville, 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, no. 224; Beazley Archive, University of Oxford, Poniatowski Database, no. T224 [https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetails.asp?recordCount=1&start=0]
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