Head and Crown Inlay

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Head and Crown Inlay

Place of OriginEgypt

DateUncertain, but probably early twentieth century

DimensionsH: 1 9/16 in. (4 cm); Max W: 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); Max Thickness: 1/4 in. (0.6 cm)
A: 1 1/8 in.; B: 3/4 in.

MediumGlass.

ClassificationGlass

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1940.172A-B

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DescriptionFlat profile head molded in 2 sections: A) head proper, in dull red opaque glass; B) wig, in blue opaque glass. Two-piece head and crown inlay. Opaque reddish-brown head; opaque medium blue crown. Male head, in profile facing left, with a carefully modeled ear, eyebrow, eyeliner, nose, and lips; a rounded, convex crown is cut on its lower edge to fit above the forehead and over the ear, but is misaligned; elongated neck with a rounded end. Upperside convex; underside flat; outer edges of head cut to slope diagonally inward.

Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolph M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 4, 1961, no. 2, p. 32, ill.

The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, 1969, p. 18, ill.

Grose, 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. 692, p. 387.