pendant
Object NamePendant with Head of Man
Made FromGlass
Date500-400 BCE
Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Carthage
Techniquecore-formed, trailed, tooled
SizeOverall H: 3 cm
Accession Number68.1.14
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent aquamarine glass, extremely bubbly, pitted with some weathering crust, applied opaque brick-red, opaque white and translucent deep blue glass; core-formed, trailed and tooled decoration. Small pendant bead in the form of a bearded head formed of aquamarine glass with the face modeled in dark brick-red, (tooled nose and ears), eyes outlined with deep blue, white iris with blue centers, garland across head of blue trail with a spirally wound opaque white thread, suspension loop at top, depression in center of forehead and depressions beneath ears probably indicate opaque white blobs meant to be jewelry, entire beard and mouth reconstructed in plaster and painted.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1968-03-20
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
1400-1350 BCE
1350-1225 BCE
25 BCE-99 CE
99 BCE-99 CE
