pendant
Object NamePendant with Baboon
Made FromGlass
Date500-400 BCE
Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Carthage
Techniquecore-formed with trailed and tooled decoration
SizeOverall H: 2 cm
Accession Number52.1.3
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionPendant. Translucent turquoise glass, pitted with thin iridescent film in patches, applied opaque yellow and translucent deep blue glass; core-formed with trailed and tooled decoration. Pendant bead in the shape of a seated baboon with hands raised to mouth, lower section of body not preserved; elongated snout highlighted with two dots of yellow glass, bulging yellow eyes with blue centers, high arched eyebrows in yellow; body preserves part of right arm with section of yellow hand, left arm and hand broken away.Provenance
Former Collection
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC
Former Collection
M. A. Mansoor
1664
1654
