A MEDITERRANEAN GLASS BABOON PENDANT
A MEDITERRANEAN GLASS BABOON PENDANT

CARTHAGINIAN OR POSSIBLY EGYPTIAN CIRCA 4TH-3RD CENTURY B.C.

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A MEDITERRANEAN GLASS BABOON PENDANT
carthaginian or possibly egyptian
circa 4th-3rd century b.c.
Rod-formed of dark blue glass, the baboon seated on a translucent bluish-green ring, the long opaque white arms raised to the mouth, overlapping the dark blue legs, the bulging eyes of blue on opaque yellow beneath arching opaque yellow brows, with protruding opaque yellow ears, the blob-like tail in opaque yellow, a small vertical dark blue suspension ring on the back
1 in. (2.5 cm) long

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