Head and Crown Inlay
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.
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
Not on View
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.
Uncertain, but probably early twentieth century
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Late 2nd to early 3rd century CE
Second half of the 1st century CE
161-169 CE
1st century CE
Late 19th century
20th Century
Workshop of the Floating Handles
first half CE 1st century
6th through 5th century BCE
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