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A PONIATOWSKI CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A MODERN GOLD NECKLACE. MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE WITH HOMER.
A PONIATOWSKI CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A MODERN GOLD NECKLACE. MYTHOLOGICAL SCENE WITH HOMER.
19th century
400 mm circa; stone 24x33 mm; 31,88 gr.
A large Neoclassical carnelian intaglio engraved for the Prince Stanislas Poniatowski (1754-1833). Above the greek pseudo signature (pretending to be a work of the ancient engraver Allion), it depicts "HOMER PLAYING THE LYRE ATTENDED BY FAME AND A GENIUS". This beautiful gem is set in a modern gold brick-link necklace.
Published: Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski , Florence 1830-1833, no. VIII.6.3 ; James 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 , London 1841, no. 1207; Hadrien Rambach, « The Gem Collection of Prince Poniatowski », in American Numismatic Society magazine , vol. 13- 2 (2014), pp. 34-49, fig. 16
Provenance: From the collection of Prince Poniatowski; offered at auction at Christie's (London), 29 April - 21 May 1839, lot 2460; purchased by John Tyrrell; part of a group of gems pawned to Frederick John, 5th Baron Monson (1809-1841), inherited by his estate; offered at Christie's(London), 27 June 1854, lot 77.