Glass hexagonal jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green, with same color handle. Trefoil rim with upward partially thickened and rounded edge; deep, funnel-shaped mouth; cylindrical neck that expands downwards; sloping shoulder; hexagonal body, tapering downwards, with impressed side panels; pushed-in bottom, with central pontil scar; rod handle, applied to neck in large pad, drawn out and up in a curving loop, then trailed onto back of mouth and rim. On body, six rectangular panels, decorated with matching pairs of three different geometric relief patterns: three vertical lozenges with central dots and half lozenges to either side, a lattice of diamond-shaped bosses, and a stylized palm frond with leaves to either side of central stem; on bottom, an indistinct star or rosette. Intact; very many pinprick and elongated larger bubbles; creamy weathering and brilliant iridescence on exterior, some soil encrustation and weathering on interior. Moulded glass; with conventional patterns.

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