Glass jug in the form of a pine cone

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Misshapen thick, everted rim with fire-rounded lip, half turned downwards, half flaring upwards; cylindrical neck expanding downwards; plain, convex shoulder; globular body; tall circular base, with slightly concave, uneven bottom; strap handle attached to shoulder and top of body, drawn up and out, then turned in at an acute angle, and trailed on to underside of rim and top of neck. One continuous mold seam around body and across bottom, extending to shoulder and forming a slight ridge across bottom. Body shaped in the form of a pine cone with interlocking domed scales, arranged in diagonal rows. Complete, but two holes in outer edge of base; pinprick bubbles, with some large elongated bubbles in neck; patches of dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, some creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence 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