Glass double head-shaped flask

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent streaky purple. Cylindrical neck expanding downward at base; body in shape of a double head; oval bottom with broad, slightly curved ridge running across it and trace of oval pontil scar. Continuous mold seam running down body in hair at junction of heads and across bottom as ridge. On body, two heads back to back with similar features: wavy hair drawn back at sides and surrounding face down to neck, large circular hollow eyes, high knobby cheeks, small mouth with straight lips, and prominent chin. Body complete but rim and most of neck missing; some bubbles, elongated on neck, and blowing striations; dulling and iridescent weathering on exterior, some soli encrustation and black enamel-like 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