An ancient Roman banded agate gem carved with an intaglio image of a parrot.
Ca. 2nd – 3rd century AD.
cf.:British Museum, London, museum no. 1986,0401.204.
Formerly in the S. B. collection,United Kingdom; subsequently in the C. B. collection, London.
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