Female head pendant
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Female head pendant
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean
DateThird century BCE
DimensionsLength: 7/8 in. (2.3 cm); Width: 7/16 in. (1.1 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
1923.354S
Not on View
DescriptionSmall pendant representing a head, likely female. The face is formed from opaque yellow glass. A dark blue glass is used for the vertical suspension ring, a curl positioned over the right ear, and a horizontal headband. A blob of dark blue glass is applied as a backing and flattened. The form 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 38.
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. 56, p. 91, repr. (col.) p. 72.
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
Third century BCE
3rd century BCE
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