Glass indented jar

Glass indented jar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green; base ring in same color. Slightly outsplayed, uneven, knocked-off rim; tall and broad cylindrical neck, with hollow folded flange at base; sloping shoulder; bulbous body with side tapering downwards; circular, applied base ring; almost flat bottom. On body, nine elongated, vertical indents. Intact; many pinprick and a few larger bubbles, and blowing striations; iridescence and small patches of soil encrustation and weathering on exterior; thick soil deposits on interior, covering brilliant iridescent weathering. With nine indents on body.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.