ROMAN INTAGLIO WITH A BIRD AND A FISH UNDER A STAR IN SILVER RING Ca. AD 100 - 200. An oval carnelian intaglio engraved with a bird facing left, wings half-raised, above a long-bodied fish shown horizontally, with an eight-pointed star in the field. The gem is set in a possibly later silver ring with an oval bezel, tapering shoulders, and a solid hoop. For similar see: Bagot J., El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 366-368. Size: D:18.75mm / US: 8 3/4 / UK: R; Weight: 4g Provenance: Private UK collection; previously acquired on the Austrian art market in the 1990s.