Lotto 371 | A fine neoclassical Poniatowski carnelian intaglio signed Hellenios, set in a gold frame. Hephestus giving the thunderboalt to Zeus's eagle. 19th century.

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A fine neoclassical Poniatowski carnelian intaglio signed Hellenios, set in a gold frame. Hephestus giving the thunderboalt to Zeus's eagle. 19th century.

A fine neoclassical Poniatowski carnelian intaglio signed Hellenios, set in a gold frame. Hephestus giving the thunderboalt to Zeus's eagle.

19th century.

The deity is facing right, in front of his anvil. With both hands he gives the lightning bolts to the eagle of Zeus. In the field, the signature: ΕΛΛΕΝΙΟΣ. The gem is set in a 19th century gold frame.

Provenance and literature: Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.153. Christie's, London: 1839-67

Stone 25 x 30 mm; mounting 26 x 33 mm; 6.80 gr.