Glass double-headed pendant with gold hoop

Unknown

late 4th–3rd century BCE · Gold, glass · Greek and Roman Art

Pendant: Translucent honey brown. Oval disk with flat projecting flange around heads; trailed ring for suspension hoop attached to top of disk; pierced vertical hole at bottom of disk. The two heads are very similar but not identical: hair arranged in two rows of knobby curls; irregular lines running across forehead; eyes with pupils; drooping mustache and facial hair on cheeks. Complete, except for chip to one side of hole under chin; dulling and patches of weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

late 4th–3rd century BCE

Medium

Gold, glass

Culture

Punic, Western Mediterranean

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76