Glass one-handled beaker

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green; handle in same color. Everted, rounded rim; straight side expanding outwards and then curved in; tubular splayed base ring; uneven bottom with central kick and pontil scar; plain rod handle applied to side of body, drawn up and outwards, then turned in, and trailed onto top of body and underside of rim. Intact; many pinprick bubbles; limy encrustation, dulling, creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.

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