Glass head pendant
Translucent pale blue, with opaque white and yellow, and translucent cobalt blue.
Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom; horizontal rounded edge at back, U-shaped front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head.
Applied twisted headband in cobalt blue; upper half of face in white, with blue and white stratified eyes; beard in pale blue with small circular mouth and ear in yellow.
Intact, but missing proper left ear and part of proper right eye; pitting, weathering, and faint iridescence.
Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom; horizontal rounded edge at back, U-shaped front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head.
Applied twisted headband in cobalt blue; upper half of face in white, with blue and white stratified eyes; beard in pale blue with small circular mouth and ear in yellow.
Intact, but missing proper left ear and part of proper right eye; pitting, weathering, and faint iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass head pendant
- Period: Classical
- Date: mid-5th–4th century BCE
- Culture: Phoenician
- Medium: Glass; rod-formed and trailed
- Dimensions: Other: 13/16 x 3/8 x 5/16 in. (2 x 1 x 0.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.723
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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