Lot 50
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A ROD-FORMED GLASS PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A COCKEREL, blue body with applied opaque yellow cockscomb (repaired), opaque yellow eyes and feathered opaque yellow and white feathering on the body, suspension loop on back, circa 3rd Century B.C., Eastern Mediterranean

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A ROD-FORMED GLASS PENDANT IN THE FORM OF A COCKEREL, blue body with applied opaque yellow cockscomb (repaired), opaque yellow eyes and feathered opaque yellow and white feathering on the body, suspension loop on back, circa 3rd Century B.C., Eastern Mediterranean
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) long, 1 1/8in. (2.7cm.) high

Lot Essay

Cf. S. Moscati (ed.), The Phoenicians, London, 1988, p. 640, no. 332 for a similar cockerel and dove; Grose, op. cit., 1989, p. 83, fig. 54; and Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1981, pp. 39-40, nos. 26-27

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