Glass ornaments with recumbent deer

Helladic, Mycenaean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 151

Set of nineteen matching beads or appliqués, all made in same or very similar molds.
Semi-translucent pale blue green.
Thin, vertical rectangular panel; uneven flat back; straight sides and bottom edge; one hole near top above back of deer, two holes in recessed circle near bottom, and one hole running horizontally through panel. One fragment with only the lower half of panel has two holes near top broken edge.
Molded decoration on front: at top, stylized recumbent deer with long ears and snout projecting forward in high relief; at middle, reel at top with six vertical ribs in relief, ribs extending down body; on proper right edge of reel a projecting spike, slanting upwards, with horizontal hole immediately above it; at bottom, short section, flanked above and below by a narrow horizontal band decorated with fine vertical ribs, containing a plain recessed circle with two holes, flanked to either side by two relief designs arranged vertically and resembling inverted heart shapes (those to left of circle, less well-defined and containing small projecting spikes). The combination of holes suggests that the elements were not only strung together but also attached at the top and bottom to a backing.
Four beads are intact, three are broken but complete, and the rest are fragmentary; dulling and creamy brown weathering.

Glass ornaments with recumbent deer, Glass, Helladic, Mycenaean

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