Glass pendant in the form of a ram's head

Unknown

4th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Opaque white, with additions in opaque yellow and translucent blue; suspension loop in opaque white. Shaped like the head of a ram; irregular suspension loop applied to back; rod hole underneath. Applied eyes as blue knobs applied over yellow circles, horns on top of head, nostrils and mouth in yellow. Intact except for horns and small chips on both sides of face, and most of yellow applied to nostrils and mouth missing; dulling, pitting and iridescent weathering, with thick black weathering inside rod hole.

Artist

Unknown

Date

4th century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1968