Glass jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Rim folded out, down, round, and in, with beveled upper edge; tall, slender cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards, with tooling indent around the base; conical body with curving side; almost flat bottom; three-ribbed strap handle with three claws extending downwards applied to top of body, drawn up and slightly outwards, turned in horizontally, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim. Complete, but with a large crack around body and another across handle; some bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering on exterior, large patches of soil encrusted 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