T208, CERES PRESENTING TRIPTOLEMUS [WHO IS ABOUT TO MOUNT HIS CAR DRAWN BY DRAGONS ] WITH A VASE OF GOLD FILLED WITH CORN TO SOW THE EARTH WITH, WHICH WAS REPLENISHED AGAIN AS SOON AS IT WAS EMPTY
- Record Number: 40000239
- Sub-database: Poniatowski
- Reference Number: T208
- Material of Original Gem: Cornelian
- Description: CERES PRESENTING TRIPTOLEMUS [WHO IS ABOUT TO MOUNT HIS CAR DRAWN BY DRAGONS ] WITH A VASE OF GOLD FILLED WITH CORN TO SOW THE EARTH WITH, WHICH WAS REPLENISHED AGAIN AS SOON AS IT WAS EMPTY
- Inscription Greek: ΓΝΑΙΟΣ
- Signature: Gnaios
- Attributed To:
- Literary Source Record: Ovid, Metam.
Pindar - Current Collection: Unknown
- Previous Collections:
- Catalogue des pierres gravées antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.324
- Christie's, London: 1839-800
- 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): 208
- Calandrelli drawing, Antikensammlung Berlin: Z.II.17
- Platz-Horster,G.: L'antica maniera. Zeichnungen und Gemmen des Giovanni Calandrelli in der Antikensammlung Berlin (2005): P.32-33
- Catalogue of A Rare Collection of Antique and Medieval Gems, (...) for the Charity Organization Society (...) of NY; Tiffany, 10.-16.3.1902: lot 969
- Comments: SEE ALSO CALANDRELLI DRAWING FOR AN EARLY DESIGN OF THE SUBJECT. TIFFANY: APOLLONIDES
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