Head pendant, possibly female
Head pendant, possibly female
Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
DateThird 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. Opaque brownish-red ground with an opaque brownish-red face and ears; dark blue circular eyes, vertical suspension ring, and curls over each ear. Diagonally twisted dark blue and opaque red headband. Blob of dark blue applied as a backing. Fairly flat cylindrical 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 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.
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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Third century BCE
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Third century BCE
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