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A FINE NEOCLASSICAL PONIATOWSKI CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A GOLD PENDANT. PORTRAIT OF POLLA ARGENTARIA.
A FINE NEOCLASSICAL PONIATOWSKI CARNELIAN INTAGLIO SET IN A GOLD PENDANT. PORTRAIT OF POLLA ARGENTARIA.
19th century.
Stone 20x23 mm; H max 42 mm; 16,77 gr
The portrait is facing left. In the field, the inscription POLLA ARGENTARIA (wife of the roman poet Lucano). The gemstone has slightly signs of wear and is set in an elegant "Hercules knot" motif swivel pendant.
Beazley Archive - Poniatowski database: reference no. 1839-2088
Provenance: From the S.A. Poniatowski gems collection. Published in the Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IX.3.40
Christie's, London: 1839-2088