1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GREEN PLASMA INTAGLIO WITH PROCESSING ANIMALS
1ST-2ND CENTURY A.D.
Depicting a prancing hare, a sheep and howling dog, on ground-line, 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) long; and a Sassanian cornelian ring, the bezel engraved with a lizard, repaired, circa 5th-7th Century A.D., 5/8 in. (1.5 cm.) across inner hoop (2)

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PUBLISHED:
Animals, 2004, VI, no. 68; and Animals, 1996, III, no. 20 respectively.

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