Glass fusiform bottle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorless with pale green tinge. Solid, everted rim with rounded lip, forming cup around small mouth; tall cylindrical neck, concave in profile, joining with bi-conical mid-section of body, then concave side extending downward to thick, solid bottom, with uneven, almost flat lower surface. Complete, except for large hole in lower body and bottom, with weathered edges; many pinprick and larger bubbles; dulling, slight pitting, and faint iridescence on exterior, soil encrustation, creamy weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior. Long slender vase with bulge in the middle.

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