bead

Object NamePendant Bead

Made FromGlass

Date500-400 BCE

Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Carthage

TechniqueCore formed, trailed, tooled

SizeOverall L: 2 cm

Accession Number52.1.33 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

On ViewAncient Gallery

Physical DescriptionPendant Bead. Opaque white glass, pitted with weathering film on surface, applied translucent deep blue glass; core-formed with trailed and tooled decoration. Small pendant bead in the form of a ram's head modeled in white with applied eye of blue and a blue cane with spirally twisted white applied as horns, onto this is attached a blue ear.
Provenance

Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC - 1952

Former Collection M. A. Mansoor