Glass two-handled jar

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent green; handles in same color. Rounded, slightly thickened rim; broad flaring mouth; concave neck; bulbous body; pushed-in bottom with central pontil scar; two rod handles applied unevenly to top of body in large pads, drawn up and outwards, then turned in, and folded on to underside of mouth and over rim, ending on inner lip. Broken and repaired on one side, with small impact hole and large cracks; a few pinprick and larger bubbles, with black impurities around mouth and in handles; slight dulling and faint iridescence on exterior, patches of brown weathering and 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