Bidspirit auction | ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO OF

ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO OF A CORNUCOPIA, WHEAT STALKS AND A GRASSHOPPER IN SILVER RING - Ca. AD 1 - 200. A red jasper intaglio engraved with a cornucopia beside two wheat stalks and a grasshopper below, set in a possibly later silver ring with a broad flat-section hoop widening towards an oval raised bezel cell. Size: D:18.54mm / US: 8 1/2 / UK: Q 1/2; Weight: 8.5g Provenance: London private collection; ex South German collection, European art market, 1980s–1990s.