Glass jar with two handles

Glass jar with two handles

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent yellow green; handles in same color. Outsplayed rim, with rounded lip and, below, hollow, overhanging fold; short, tapering neck; narrow shoulder with rounded edge; bulbous side, tapering downwards; broad bottom with kick and central pontil scar; two rod handles, dropped on to edge of shoulder in large pads, drawn up, folded in and down, and trailed on to overhang and rim, ending above lip. Intact; few bubbles; dulling, patches of creamy weathering, and iridescence.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.