Glass bowl

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green Rounded, thickened, vertical rim with slight indent below; vertical sides, then curving in to applied, solid base ring; almost flat bottom with pontil scar, uneven on interior with circular ridge caused by base ring and central, thickened boss. Complete, but one long crack from rim down side; many bubbles; pitting, iridescence, and weathering, with enamel-like brownish surface to interior.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art