Greek, Eastern Mediterranean late 2nd–1st century BCE
Translucent cobalt blue. Solid, vertical pendant, with mold marks running up sides and top of head and up side of loop; on top of head, a small vertical suspension loop; flat back. Head of a bull, facing front, with projecting horns and ears, large eyes in relief, prominent nose and protruding nostrils; on forehead, a circular, rosette-like decoration. Intact; very little weathering.
Glass pendant in the form of a bull’s head
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
late 2nd–1st century BCE
Translucent cobalt blue.
Solid, vertical pendant, with mold marks running up sides and top of head and up side of loop; on top of head, a small vertical suspension loop; flat back.
Head of a bull, facing front, with projecting horns and ears, large eyes in relief, prominent nose and protruding nostrils; on forehead, a circular, rosette-like decoration.
Intact; very little weathering.
Credit: The MET Museum