ROMAN TURQUOISE BEAD WITH A PARROT. Ca. AD 1 - 300. A turquoise bead engraved on one face with a parrot in profile. The bird has a hooked beak, a small crest and incised plumage, with three parallel grooves behind for the tail. For similar see: Christie's, Online Auction 19618, Masterpieces in Miniature, Ancient Engraved Gems formerly in the G. Sangiorgi collection, Part II, Lot 223; J. Bagot, El legado de Hefesto: A Memorial to a Private Collection of Ancient Rings and Glyptics, n. 399. Size: 7.7mm x 11.3mm; Weight: 0.5g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1980s.