Glass head pendant

Unknown

ca. 450–300 BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent pale yellow brown, with additions in opaque yellow, translucent pale yellow brown and blue. Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom; horizontal rounded edge at back, U-shaped large front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head. Applied row of large curls across forehead in brown, extending back across top of head; upper half of face in yellow, with long blue eyebrows meeting across bridge of nose, blue and yellow stratified eyes, and long slender applied nose; mouth concealed by beard of long radiating curls; trails to sides of head for ears. Intact, but crack in back of head and part of two curls on forehead missing; dulling, pitting, creamy enamel-like weathering, and some iridescence. Bearded.

Artist

Unknown

Date

ca. 450–300 BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1906