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PROBABLY ROMAN, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
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A SARDONYX INTAGLIO OF A CRANE
PROBABLY ROMAN, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Of conical shape, the bird with elegantly curved neck, facing to the left, in 19th Century gold ring setting, 1.2 x 1 cm., 1.5 cm. across inner hoop; a cornelian intaglio with a peacock, with crested head and detailed long tail, a grasshopper caught in his beak, Greek inscription above, 1.5 x 1.1 cm., 1.6 cm. across inner hoop; two intaglios engraved with cockerels, one of cornelian, the other of green hardstone, 1.4 x 1.2 cm, 1.8 cm. across inner hoop max.; a cornelian intaglio with a lion attacking a snake, 1.7 x 1.2 cm., 2 cm. across inner hoop; and another cornelian intaglio engraved with the heads of a ram and goat, 2 x 1.5 cm., 1.8 cm. across inner hoop, all in later ring settings (6)
PROBABLY ROMAN, 2ND CENTURY A.D.
Of conical shape, the bird with elegantly curved neck, facing to the left, in 19th Century gold ring setting, 1.2 x 1 cm., 1.5 cm. across inner hoop; a cornelian intaglio with a peacock, with crested head and detailed long tail, a grasshopper caught in his beak, Greek inscription above, 1.5 x 1.1 cm., 1.6 cm. across inner hoop; two intaglios engraved with cockerels, one of cornelian, the other of green hardstone, 1.4 x 1.2 cm, 1.8 cm. across inner hoop max.; a cornelian intaglio with a lion attacking a snake, 1.7 x 1.2 cm., 2 cm. across inner hoop; and another cornelian intaglio engraved with the heads of a ram and goat, 2 x 1.5 cm., 1.8 cm. across inner hoop, all in later ring settings (6)
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