Head Inlay
Head Inlay
Place of OriginEgypt
DateUncertain, but probably early twentieth century
DimensionsH: 1 15/16 in. (5.0 cm); Max W: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Max Thickness: 3/8 in. (1.0 cm)
MediumGlass.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1940.171
Not on View
DescriptionFlat profile head molded in opaque blue glass.
Head inlay. Opaque turquoise-blue ground with a dark blue line running along the side edge from the forehead to the chin, then paralleling the curve of the neck; a black streak crosses the neck diagonally. Male head, in profile facing left, with a poorly modeled ear, eyeliner, nose, and lips; end of neck rounded. Upperside convex; underside flat; outer edges of head cut to slope diagonally inward.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-Formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B. C. to A. D. 50, New York: Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 691, p. 387.Uncertain, but probably early twentieth century
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Second half of the 1st century CE
Workshop of the Floating Handles
first half CE 1st century
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
Second half of the first century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Probably late third or fourth century
Perhaps second century
Third century
Probably late second century
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