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Female head pendant
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Female head pendant

Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
DateThird century BCE
DimensionsLength: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Width: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm); Depth; 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features, suspension ring, and backing.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.354P
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a head, probably female. Made of opaque yellow glass forming the face and ears. The eyes, vertical suspension ring, and curls over each ear are rendered in dark blue glass. A diagonally twisted headband in dark blue and opaque yellow encircles the head. A dark blue glass blob is applied at the back. 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 35.

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. 57, p. 91, repr. (col.) p. 72.

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