LOT 0212 MASSIVE ROMAN SILVER INTAGLIO RING WITH BIRD, CORNUCOPIA AND...
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Ca. 200-300 AD A D-shaped silver finger ring of a smooth hoop with broad shoulders bearing a bezel set with jasper stone intaglio with an allegorical depiction of a rooster, facing cornucopia, the horn of plenty. The bird is standing on top of a chalice which is surrounded by wheat ears. This engraved motif would have been an allegory of prosperity and fortune. Size: D: 19.1mm / US: 9 1/8 / UK: S; 36.84g Provenance: Private UK collection; from an old London collection formed in the 1980s.
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