Female head pendant
Female head pendant
Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
Date3rd century BCE
DimensionsLength: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Width: 1/2 in. (1.3 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
1923.354Q
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a head, probably female. The face and ears are rendered in opaque yellow glass. Dark blue glass is used for the circular eyes, vertical suspension ring, and a single curl over the right ear. A diagonally twisted headband combines strands of dark blue, opaque yellow, and opaque red. A blob of dark blue glass is applied as a backing. The pendant 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 36.
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. 58, p. 91, 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
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