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Glass pendant in the form of an amphora

Translucent cobalt blue bead. Everted rim; flat, solid top; concave neck, pierced with horizontal hole; ovoid body tapering downwards; globular base knob. Intact; dulling, pitting, and some iridescent weathering.

Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917...

Late 7th-5th century B.C.
Glass; rod-formed
1.8 x 0.9cm
17.194.479
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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