A LARGE CARTHAGINIAN GLASS HEAD PENDANT
A LARGE CARTHAGINIAN GLASS HEAD PENDANT

CIRCA 5TH-4TH CENTURY B.C.

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A LARGE CARTHAGINIAN GLASS HEAD PENDANT
circa 5th-4th century b.c.
Rod-formed of green glass with an opaque white face, originally fringed with blue ringlets of hair, the beard a mass of blue ringlets, the large eyes blue on white on blue, the mouth opaque yellow
2.3/8 in. (6.1 cm) long
Literature
Sangiorgi, Collezione di Vetri Antichi, no. 31, pl. VII (said to be from Etruria).

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