Glass double head pendant

Unknown

5th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Semi-opaque pale turquoise blue, with additions in opaque white and yellow, and translucent cobalt blue; pale turquoise blue suspension loop. Cylindrical with rod hole at bottom; almost flat top; applied suspension loop on top of head. Two faces, back to back; upper half of face in white, with blue and white stratified eyes, white ears flanked above and below with yellow earrings, and white nose; beard in blue with small mouth in yellow. Broken across one face with most of beard missing; some dulling, pitting, and faint weathering, with encrustation inside rod hole. Pale green double bearded mask with colored decoration, and handle at top.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917