Glass head pendant

Unknown

mid-4th–3rd century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Semi-opaque cobalt blue, with opaque white and yellow, and translucent cobalt blue. Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom; horizontal rounded edge at back; applied suspension loop on top of head. Applied twisted headband in cobalt blue and white; upper half of face in white, with blue and white stratified eyes, white ears, yellow pendant earrings, and white nose; beard in blue with small mouth in yellow. Broken across face with most of beard missing, and blob on forehead also missing; some dulling, pitting, and weathering, with encrustation inside rod hole. Blue mask with white face, yellow mouth and earrings, and handle at top.

Artist

Unknown

Date

mid-4th–3rd century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917