ANCIENT JUDAICA FROM THE COLLECTION OF DANIEL M. FRIEDENBERG
FOUR LATE ROMAN STAMPED GLASS PENDANTS
CIRCA 4TH-5TH CENTURY A.D.
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FOUR LATE ROMAN STAMPED GLASS PENDANTS
Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
Including three Early Jewish pendants, one opaque black stamped with a seven-branched menorah on a tripod base; one transparent green stamped with a seven-branched menorah on a tripod base; and one transparent green stamped with a seven-branched menorah on a tripod base together with a shofar, lulav and etrog; and one transparent light green stamped with a lion beneath a crescent moon
7/8 in. (2.2 cm) long for the first (4)
Lot Essay
For a study of these pendants see Barag, "Late Antique and Byzantine Glass", p. 307ff in Bianchi, ed., Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection.