An ancient Roman red jasper gem carved with an intaglio image of a parrot with fruit in its beak.
Ca. 2nd – 3rd century AD.
cf.:British Museum, London, museum no. 1986,0401.205.
Formerly in the E.M.G. collection, London, 1970s; subsequently in the E.V. collection, London.
$500
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