ROMAN RED JASPER INTAGLIO OF A COCK DRAWING A CHARIOT DRIVEN BY A MOUSE IN SILVER RING Ca. AD 1 - 300. An oval red jasper intaglio engraved with a fantastical scene of a rooster advancing to the left, harnessed to a two-wheeled chariot. A mouse stands upright as a charioteer, grasping the reins in one paw and a whip in the other. The stone is set in a silver bezel encircled by a plain raised border. The hoop is of flat section, broadening at the shoulders and tapering gently towards the back. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 41.160.563. Size: D:17.73mm / US: 7 1/2 / UK: O 1/2; Weight: 5.36g Provenance: Private London collection; formerly in South German private collection 1980s-early1990s.