Glass jug with spout

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green; handle, spout, and trails in same color. Plain, rounded rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck; rounded shoulder; squat, globular body; slightly concave bottom, with deep pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle, applied to upper body, with claws extending downwards, the central one being larger and pointed, each of the two outer ones tooled to have a pinched, horizontal projection; curving handle drawn up and in, and folded onto underside of mouth and edge of rim, with jagged end above; tubular spout dropped onto body as a blob, piercing side, then drawn out and knocked off. A thicker trail wound one and a third times around top of neck; another thinner trail wound four times in a spiral around neck. Intact, except for end of spout, which may be broken off; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; faint dulling, weathering, and iridescence on exterior, one patch of soil encrustation, whitish weathering, and brilliant iridescence on 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