Glass bottle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorless with blue green tinge and purple streak. Everted rim, partially folded over and in, with thick lip on one side; cylindrical neck, expanding at base to join imperceptibly with conical body; side then curves in sharply; broad bottom, with circular hollow around central, flat boss. Intact; many bubbles and some impurities; iridescent, whitish weathering covering most of surfaces.

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