Janiform glass pin top

Glass
Phoenician, Sulcis (Sardinia), ca. 4th/3rd century BC
H. 2.3cm; W. 2.52cm

A rare Phoenician janiform dark cobalt blue glass top of a pin depicting a face on both sides.

Cf. M. Sabatino, I Fenici, Venice, 1988, p. 483.

Condition: Chipped at edge but the faces are well preserved

Provenance: ex. Swiss private collection of a scholar gifted by the dealer Elsa Bloch, Bern, Switzerland

Item reference: GL1222