Glass jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent light green; handle in same color. Rim with vertical lip and outsplayed, downward flange below; funnel-shaped neck, with uneven tooling marks around base; broad, conical body, with side curving in at bottom; broad, pushed-in bottom, flat at center; thick strap handle applied in a large pad to upper body, drawn up, out, and round in an elegant loop, and pressed on to neck, with trail ending at base of neck. Intact, but slight chipping and cracking on handle; few bubbles but some black impurities, especially in handle; little weathering on exterior, some soil encrustation, 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