Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas - 20th September 2023

Lot 1030

A Phoenician glass head pendant

Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £550

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Description

A Phoenician glass head pendant
Eastern Mediterranean, circa 600 - 200 BC
the green face with inset pierced blue eyes, ringlets and a suspension loop, with a yellow head band,
2.4cm high,
and a Phoenician blue glass bird head pendant, with applied eyes, a yellow spiral trail and a suspension loop, 2cm high. (2)

Provenance
Traudi and Peter Plesch Collection.
head pendant (AGs 2); acquired from W Henrich, Frankfurt am Main, March 1971.
bird head pendant (AGs 2A); acquired from Dr Leo Mildenberg, Zurich, January 1973.