Glass one-handled jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent deep blue-green; handle in same color. Thick, tubular rim, folded out, down, round, and in; broad, conical neck; broad, shallow, angular shoulder; cylindrical body with side tapering downwards; almost flat bottom; broad, reeded strap handle applied to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and slightly inwards, then bent in at an acute angle, and attached to neck and trailed off up neck and over underside and lip of rim. Intact; pinprick and larger bubbles, and blowing striations; slight dulling and faint iridescence.

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