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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;PepperAnna, post: 9346445, member: 17332&quot;]They were not represented as Poniatowski gems, but I emailed the auction house to ask.&nbsp; Both are in the Beazley Archives, but Timaeus was initially hard to find.</p><p><br /></p><p>Timaeus: <a href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=1&amp;id={00688846-ABA8-4207-AE3B-E85F3D0C1263}&amp;returnPage=&amp;start=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=1&amp;id={00688846-ABA8-4207-AE3B-E85F3D0C1263}&amp;returnPage=&amp;start=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=1&amp;id={00688846-ABA8-4207-AE3B-E85F3D0C1263}&amp;returnPage=&amp;start=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Zeus and Danae:&nbsp; <a href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=3&amp;id={E0F2A4FC-F0F7-41A5-A2D6-FB66645F04CD}&amp;returnPage=&amp;start=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=3&amp;id={E0F2A4FC-F0F7-41A5-A2D6-FB66645F04CD}&amp;returnPage=&amp;start=0" rel="nofollow">https://www.carc.ox.ac.uk/XDB/ASP/recordDetailsLarge.asp?recordCount=3&amp;id={E0F2A4FC-F0F7-41A5-A2D6-FB66645F04CD}&amp;returnPage=&amp;start=0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>If you check the gem in the auction, you will see 2 chips on the outer edge at 7 and 9 o-clock. Then check the picture of the impression in the Beazley archive, and there are disruptions of circle surrounding the impression at those points too.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also both gems are set in identical rings.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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