Glass jug with spout

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Colorless; spout and handle in same glass. Everted rim, folded over and in, with beveled outer edge; cylindrical neck with tooling marks around base; globular body; slightly concave bottom; tubular spout dropped onto side of body, then drawn out and inflated, and cracked off; three-ribbed strap handle applied to upper body, drawn up and slightly outwards, then turned in and trailed onto edge of rim and top of neck with an upward-projecting fold. Intact; some pinprick bubbles; pitting, dulling, limy encrustation, and iridescent weathering.

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