Female head pendant
Female head pendant
Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
DateThird century BCE
DimensionsLength: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Width: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm); Depth; 3/8 in. (1 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features, suspension ring, and backing.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1923.354R
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the form of a head, likely female. The face and ears are opaque yellow; the circular eyes, vertical suspension ring, and curls above the ears are rendered in dark blue. A horizontally placed headband combines dark blue and opaque white glass in a diagonal twist. A blob of dark blue glass is applied at the back, flattened against the reverse. The shape is fairly flat and cylindrical.
Published ReferencesSeefried, Monique, Les pendentifs en verre sure noyau des pays de la Mediterranee antique, Collection de l'Ecole Francaise de Rome, no. 57, Rome, 1982, p. 124, no. D II 37.
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. 55, p. 91, repr. (col.) p. 72.
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
3rd century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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