Glass jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent cobalt blue; trail and base ring in semi-opaque yellowish white. Rim folded over and in, and smoothed into side of flaring mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; biconical body; applied thick base ring; small, uneven bottom. Thick trail wound horizontally around underside of mouth, then dropped down in a fine trail, and wound three times around upper neck. Body complete except for small chip in rim and cracks around mouth, and all of handle missing; some pinprick bubbles, a few gritty inclusions, and blowing striations; patches of creamy weathering and iridescence. With white handle, foot and threads around neck.

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