Glass head pendant
Translucent blue, opaque red, and uncertain color, possibly opaque yellow.
Ovoid with irregular flat back; two large pads applied to sides of head with headband across forehead; vertical hole under chin. No trace of suspension loop at the top of the head.
Deep-set eye sockets, snub nose, and prominent lips; headband decorated with spiral trail.
Intact except for applied eyes; dulling, pitting, and brownish enamel-like weathering.
Ovoid with irregular flat back; two large pads applied to sides of head with headband across forehead; vertical hole under chin. No trace of suspension loop at the top of the head.
Deep-set eye sockets, snub nose, and prominent lips; headband decorated with spiral trail.
Intact except for applied eyes; dulling, pitting, and brownish enamel-like weathering.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass head pendant
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: 3rd–2nd century BCE
- Culture: Phoenician or Carthaginian
- Medium: Glass; rod-formed and trailed
- Dimensions: Other: 3/4 x 11/16 x 1/2 in. (2 x 1.7 x 1.3 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.646
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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