Glass head pendant

Unknown

5th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Semi-opaque cobalt blue, with additions in opaque yellow, translucent pale yellow brown, and semi-opaque turquoise green, and eyes in an uncertain color, appearing black. Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom, slightly indented on top; arched rounded edge at back, front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head. Applied row of large curls across forehead in brown; upper half of face in turquoise green, with long yellow eyebrows and black and yellow stratified eyes; yellow mouth and pairs of dots at sides of head for ears. Broken, with lower part of face and nose missing; dulling, pitting, faint iridescent weathering, and some encrustation.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of Henry G. Marquand, 1881