Glass pendant in the form of crescent horns

1550–1186 BCE

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Opaque white, medium blue, and light blue, and uncertain color appearing black.
Solid rod tooled into shape of a pair of horns, with suspension loop attached at center on top.
Horns decorated with spiral trails; trails in light blue at both ends of medium blue loop.
Intact; slight pitting and weathering, with encrustation inside loop.

White opaque crescent with blue opaque handle and black twisted stripe.

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Title: Glass pendant in the form of crescent horns
Period: New Kingdom, 18th–19th Dynasties
Date: 1550–1186 BCE
Culture: Egyptian
Medium: Glass; drawn and tooled
Dimensions: H.: 3/4 in. (1.9 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Object Number: 17.194.446
Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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