Head pendant, possibly female
Head pendant, possibly female
Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
Date3rd century BCE
DimensionsLength: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Width: 9/16 in. (1.5 cm); Depth; 7/16 in. (1.1 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features, suspension ring, and backing.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.354N
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a head, probably female. The piece has an opaque brownish-red ground with a matching face and ears. Dark blue glass is used for the circular eyes, vertical suspension ring, and curls above each ear. A diagonally twisted headband in dark blue and opaque red encircles the forehead. A dark blue blob applied at the back forms a flattened backing. The shape is fairly flat and cylindrical.
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 33, fig. 6.
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. 61, 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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