Lot Essay
Cf. D. F. Grose, Early Ancient Glass, The Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, p. 88, no. 37 for this type of head pendant.
LATE 7TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
Three Phoenician rod-formed polychrome glass head pendants
Late 7th-5th Century B.C.
Each in the form of a demonic bearded mask with bulbous eyes and prominent nose, a suspension hoop above, threaded on a mainly red glazed composition bead necklace, restrung with modern clasp
Head pendants 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) high av.; necklace 24in. (61cm.) long
Late 7th-5th Century B.C.
Each in the form of a demonic bearded mask with bulbous eyes and prominent nose, a suspension hoop above, threaded on a mainly red glazed composition bead necklace, restrung with modern clasp
Head pendants 1 1/8in. (2.8cm.) high av.; necklace 24in. (61cm.) long