Glass square bottle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Rim folded out, down, round and in, with broad, flattened upper surface; cylindrical neck, with slight horizontal tooling marks around the base; slightly indented horizontal shoulder with rounded corners; square body with flat sides slightly tapering downward; flat bottom; broad strap handle, combed at base, applied as a long pad to edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, then bent in and down, and attached to neck with upward trail. On bottom, pattern in relief from base mold, comprising a circle enclosing three large letters with serifs (N A E, but with N written in retrograde). Complete except for a chip in handle at base with cracks across handle and in one side of body; many pinprick and some larger bubbles, with one very large weathered bubble on inside of neck and shoulder, rim streaked with black impurities, and a few glassy impurities; slight dulling and pitting, thin patches of weathering, and faint iridescence. Rectangular jug with circular neck, of bluish-green glass, mark on bottom.

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