A ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN ELEPHANT, 1ST CENTURY BC-AD A ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN ELEPHANT, 1ST CENTURY BC-AD A ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN ELEPHANT, 1ST CENTURY BC-AD A ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN ELEPHANT, 1ST CENTURY BC-AD

A ROMAN INTAGLIO OF AN ELEPHANT, 1ST CENTURY BC-AD

Reference: ART6001057

A Roman green jasper intaglio of an elephant with a bee above. This interesting type suggests that it is a depiction of an Indian war elephant with the bee above suggesting that it could be a punning type to represent the owner's name.
Green jasper. Roman 1st.c.B.C./A.D.
17 by 14 mm.
Weight: 0.9 gr.

PROVENANCE
From a European collection since the 1980's.