Head Pendant
Head Pendant
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean, probably from Phoenicia or Carthage
DateFifth or fourth centuries BCE
DimensionsL: 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); W: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Depth; 13/16 in. (2.1 cm)
MediumRod-formed; tooled and applied features and suspension ring.
ClassificationJewelry
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1976.56
Not on View
DescriptionPendant of a bearded male head. Dark blue ground with an opaque yellow face; dark blue spiraling ringlets applied separately across the forehead and vestiges of longer spiraling ringlets applied as a beard; dark blue vertical suspension ring; opaque yellow ears with opaque white earrings attached at the top and bottom of each ear; opaque white mouth; opaque white eyes outlined in dark blue with dark blue centers; a small opaque white protrusion at the center of the forehead. Cylindrical shape.
Published ReferencesSeefried, Monique, Les pendentifs en verre sur noyau des pays de la Mediterranee antique, Collection do l'Ecole Francaise de Rome, no. 57, Rome, 1982, p. 103, no. C II 3.
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. 44, p. 89, repr. (col.) p. 71.
Markoe, Glenn, "A nation of artisans," Archaeology, vol. 43, no. 2, Mar/Apr. 1990, p. 32, repr.
6th through 5th centuries BCE
6th-5th century BCE
Third century BCE
Late 6th-3rd century BCE
3rd century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Late 6th - 3rd century BCE
Late seventh through fifth centuries BCE
Sixth through fifth centuries BCE
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