pendant
Object NamePendant with Head of Man
Made FromGlass
Date400-300 BCE
Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Carthage
Techniquecore-formed with trailed and tooled decoration
SizeOverall L: 4.5 cm, D: 2.4 cm
Accession Number53.1.2
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionPendant with Head of Man. Opaque streaky medium-blue glass, pitted, filled with impurities, some weathering striations, applied opaque yellow and opaque white glass with translucent deep yellow-green (appearing black) glass; core-formed with trailed and tooled decoration. Large pendant bead in the shape of a bearded head formed over a grainy red-orange core with an irregular suspension loop on top, face modeled in opaque yellow glass, eyes lined with dark yellow-green, eyebrows and curls across top of head and vertically ribbed beard of same glass, lips in opaque yellow applied over beard, dot of opaque white between eyebrows also below ears as jewelry.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1952-11-26
