Glass head pendant

Unknown

6th–5th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Translucent blue, opaque streaky red, and opaque white. Oval with irregular flat back; two spiral trails applied to sides of head with headband across forehead; vertical hole under chin; remains of suspension loop on top of the head. Eyes as small circles of applied blue glass and ears as applied coils of red glass; indistinct features apart from snub nose; headband decorated with spiral trails in red, blue, and white. Intact except for suspension loop and chip in headband; dulling, slight pitting, and brownish enamel-like weathering.

Artist

Unknown

Date

6th–5th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917