Glass square bottle

Glass square bottle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green, with same color handle. Rim folded out, over, and in, and pressed into top of mouth, with beveled and uneven top surface; cylindrical neck, expanding downwards; pushed-in shoulder with rounded, sloping corners; flat, vertical sides; slightly concave bottom; broad strap handle, with combed decoration on outer surface, attached to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up vertically, turned in an acute angle and trailed onto neck, with trail extending to underside of rim. Molded decoration on bottom comprising four L-shaped angles at corners, three concentric rings, and central small triangular design in relief. Intact, but cracks in rim, neck and shoulder around handle; some large and elongated bubbles, blowing striations; dulling, slight pitting, faint iridescence, and some creamy brown weathering on exterior; areas of weathering and brilliant iridescence on interior. Same base mold as 81.10.22.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.