Glass pendant in the form of crescent horns
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.
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.
Artwork Details
- 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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