ROMAN INTAGLIO Red jasper Dim. 12 x 15 x 2 mm Roman art, 1st-2nd century Provenance European private collection, acquired on the English art market in the 1990s Gryllos composed of a large bunch of grapes from which four satyr faces emerge: one frontal, two lateral in profile, and at the top, the fourth horizontal in profile looking upwards. Although this subject is well known in the production of Imperial Roman glyptics, it remains rare due to the highly refined quality of the engraving. A Roman Red Jasper intaglio.1st-2nd century A.D. Gryllos composed of a prominent bunch of grapes from which emerge four satyr faces: one frontal, two lateral in profile, and at the top, the fourth horizontal in profile looking upward. While the subject is known in Roman Imperial glyptic production, it remains rare due to the exceptionally refined quality of the engraving's execution.