Fine Jewellery - Day 1 - 09 Dec 2020
A late 18th century sardonyx intaglio depicting Meleager
A late 18th century sardonyx intaglio depicting Meleager, with his hunting dog and a boar's head on a plinth, pseudo signature for Alexander, 2.5cm high, set in a later gold ring, size S
Provenance:
Believed to have been from the collection of Prince Stanislas Poniatowski
References:
Beazley Archive reference number: 1839-590
Christie's, London: 1839-590
Catalogue des pierres graves antiques de S.A. le Prince Stanislas Poniatowski ([1830?]-1833): IV.91