Head pendant, possibly female
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Head pendant, possibly female
Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
Date3rd century BCE
DimensionsLength: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Width: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm); Depth; 3/8 in. (.9 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features, suspension ring, and backing.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.354L
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a head, probably female. Rod-formed with a dark blue ground. The face, right ear, and vertical suspension ring are dark blue. Curls over each ear are opaque yellow. A diagonally twisted headband in dark blue, opaque turquoise-blue, and opaque yellow crosses the forehead. A blob of dark blue glass is applied as a backing and pressed almost completely flat against the back of the head. The object is fairly flat and cylindrical in shape.
Published ReferencesSeefried, 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. 124, no. D II 31.
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. 62, p. 92, repr. (col.) p. 72.
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
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