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Translucent deep turquoise green.
Solid block with hole running lengthwise through body from chest to backside.
Large body with head slightly raised, back legs bent and splayed outward to side of body, front legs projecting forward.
Intact except for proper front left leg; some pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and faint iridescence.
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Title: Glass pendant in the form of a frog
Period: Hellenistic
Date: 3rd–1st century BCE
Culture: Greek, possibly Egyptian
Medium: Glass; cast and cut
Dimensions: H.: 9/16 in. (1.4 cm)
Classification: Glass
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.194.460
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