Female head pendant
Female head pendant
Place of OriginAncient Rome, Probably Eastern Mediterranean
DateThird century BCE
DimensionsLength: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm); Width: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Depth; 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features, suspension ring, and backing.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.354I
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a head, probably female. Opaque yellow ground with opaque yellow face and ears; dark blue circular eyes, vertical suspension ring, and large curls over each ear. Diagonally twisted dark blue and opaque yellow headband. Blob of dark blue applied as a backing. Roughly conical shape.
ECHNIQUE Rod-formed; tooled and applied features, suspension ring, and backing.
Published ReferencesRiefstahl, Rudolf M., "Ancient and Near Eastern Glass," Toledo Museum of Art Museum News 4, no., 2, 1961, p. 36, ill.
The Toledo Museum of Art, Art in Glass: A Guide to the Glass Collections, Toledo, Ohio, p. 23, ill.
Seefried, Monique, Les pendentifs en verre sur noyau des pays de la Mediterranee antique, Collection de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome, no. 57, Rome,1982, p. 123, no. D II 28.
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. 51, p. 90, repr. (col.) p. 72.
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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