pendant
Object NamePendant with Head of Demon
Made FromGlass
Date650-400 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; Carthage
Techniquecore-formed, trailed, tooled
SizeOverall L: 2.3 cm
Accession Number54.1.149
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionOpaque white glass bubbly with striations, thin weathering film, applied opaque yellow and translucent deep blue glass; core-formed with trailed and tooled decoration. Pendant bead in the shape of a fantastic animal head, triangular in general form, emphasized beak moving back into thick eyebrows below which are two pads of opaque yellow glass forming the large eyes with blue centers, tooled ears on either side; the lower edge of the bead finished by trailing yellow around the bottom, now lost.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
