Head Pendant
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Head Pendant
Place of OriginProbably Eastern Mediterranean
Date3rd century BCE
DimensionsLength: 11/16 in. (1.8 cm); Width: 3/8 in. (0.9 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
1923.354G
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant in the likeness of a head, probably female. Made of rod-formed glass with an opaque yellow ground. The face and ears are opaque yellow. The eyes, vertical suspension ring, and large curls over each ear are dark blue. A diagonally twisted headband in dark blue and opaque yellow spans the forehead. A dark blue blob of glass is applied at the back. The pendant is roughly conical 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 34 (incorrectly cited as 23.3540).
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. 50, p. 90, repr. (col.) p. 71.
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
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