1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

Details

A ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO OF A PARROT
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
With figure of a parrot walking on a branch, miniature female bust above flanked by the reversed inscription *YXH (Psyche), in early 19th Century ring setting
1 x 0.7 cm.; 1.7 cm. across inner hoop

Provenance

E. Guilhou collection, Paris: sold Sotheby's London, 11 November 1937, part lot 433.

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
S. de Ricci, Catalogue of a Collection of Ancient Rings formed by the late E. Guilhou, Paris, 1912, pl. VI, no. 331.

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