Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent yellowish green; handles and trail in same color. Tubular rim folded out, over, and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make a diaphragm; thick, flattened bottom with prominent pontil pad; two rod handles attached to side of body over trail in large, claw pads, drawn up and out, turned in, and trailed off on edge and top of rim. Single trail applied as a pad on upper body and wound down in a spiral six and a half times, ending on lower body. Broken and repaired, with cracks and two holes in body below handles, and several parts of trail missing; pinprick bubbles; slight dulling and iridescence on exterior, some reddish soil encrustation and brilliant weathering 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