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T215, MERCURY, TOUCHED WITH PITY, WITHDRAWS LARA FROM THE GATES OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS

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  • Record Number: 40000246
  • Sub-database: Poniatowski
  • Reference Number: T215
  • Material of Original Gem: Sardonyx
  • Description: MERCURY, TOUCHED WITH PITY, WITHDRAWS LARA FROM THE GATES OF THE INFERNAL REGIONS
  • Inscription Greek: ΚΡΟΜΟΥ
  • Signature: Kromos
  • Literary Source Record: Ovid, Fasti
  • Current Collection: 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): 215
  • Previous Collections:
    • Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): I.334
    • Christie's, London: 1839
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