Glass pendant with lion

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent amber yellow. Oval disk with thick rounded edge on right half; uneven, flat bottom; pierced suspension loop applied to front of disk, folded over, and pressed on to back edge. On obverse, off-center circular stamp with lion in relief walking to right; in field above, two stars flanking crescent moon. Intact; some pitting of surface bubbles and brilliant 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