Condition
Intact
Description
The pendant is arybaloid in shape. It has a spherical body with the thread hole on the neck at the transition to the flat, discoid upper part. It is made of opaque green mass. On the upper surface a red or mosaic core is visible. The base mass is light green. On the upper surface is visible a spiraling red and “black” core. A thread hole that sets the faces on the pendant is off-axis. There are three faces of Medusas in a fine white, round field set in dark blue squares, each one flanked by a rectangular plaque. The additional plaques are three squares filled with four colorful triangular elements facing to the center, each one outlined by translucent greenish glass: two yellow facing each other, and one red and one green facing each other.
Comments and Comparanda
On mosaic face beads, see comments on cat. 534 and 535. For provenance, bibliography, and exhibitions, see group entry, cat. 534.