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Object NameApplique with Human Head

Made FromGlass

Dateperhaps 400-699

TechniqueMold-pressed

SizeOverall D: 3.1 cm, Th (applique): 1.1

Accession Number59.1.176

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Western Asia

Physical DescriptionApplique with Human Head. Translucent purple, stamped. Roughly circular, attached to wall of vessel. Stamped in relief with human head en face, with bifurcated headdress or coiffure, curved eyebrows, oval eyes with large pupils, straight nose, and small mouth; face is hairless; head is framed to proper right by arc of dots, also in relief; edge of applique is slightly raised. Wall (Th. 0.1 cm) has bulb on interior.
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