Glass jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green; handle, foot ring, and trails in same color. Rounded, vertical rim; funnel-shaped neck at top, then cylindrical, expanding slightly downwards; pushed-in horizontal shoulder; bulbous body; outsplayed coiled foot ring, applied as an irregular oval shape; kick in bottom, with thick pontil scar; three-ribbed strap handle, applied as a large pad with tooling indent across inside and short claws on outside, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned in horizontally, folded up, down and onto top of neck over trails, with thumb rest projecting above rim. Thick trail wound once around top of neck; a finer trail applied to neck and wound up in a spiral three times, ending under thick trail; another trail wound in a spiral around middle of neck over the other, forming a short cross pattern; a third finer trail wound once around outer edge of shoulder. Intact, except for part of second finer trail; bubbles, a few glassy inclusions, and blowing striations; dulling, some pitting, small patches of weathering, and areas of brilliant 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