Glass pendant in the form of a demonic mask
Semi-opaque white, with additions in opaque yellow and translucent cobalt blue.
Conical, splayed at bottom with rounded edge; large circular suspension loop applied to top; rod hole underneath.
Applied large eyebrows in yellow, eyes as blue knobs applied over yellow circles, and yellow edge (beard?) at bottom.
Intact except for chip to proper left side of face; slight dulling and pitting, with encrustation inside rod hole.
Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
6th–5th century B.C.
Glass; rod-formed, trailed, and tooled
2.2 x 2.2cm
17.194.741
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2018
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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