Lot no. 176
ANTHROPOMORPHIC PENDANT
Made of glass
Dim. 2.5 x 2 x 1 cm
Phoenician art, 7th-6th century BC
Provenance
Former Rassla Foundation, Switzerland, 1970s
Representing a male head with stylistic features typical of archaic Phoenician production, this type of pendant often formed the central element of ornaments composed of globular glass or glass paste beads. Very well preserved.
A Phoenician glass anthropomorphic pendant. 7th-6th century BCE. Depicting a male head exhibiting the stylistic characteristics typical of archaic Phoenician production, this type of pendant frequently served as the central element of necklaces composed of glass or glass paste beads of globular form.
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