Glass amphoriskos with horizontal ribs

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent cobalt blue, with handles in a semi-opaque mixture of blue, white, and yellowish brown. Rim folded out, over, and in; flaring, uneven mouth; cylindrical neck with irregular horizontal ridges and indents around top; ovoid body, tapering to plain, rounded bottom; two rod handles attached to upper body in pads, drawn up and in, then pressed onto top of neck and underside of rim. One continuous mold seam around body, extending to top of neck. Body decorated with eighteen concentric, horizontal ribs. Intact; some bubbles; slight dulling and weathering on exterior, with some soil encrustation on neck and around handles, encrustation, weathering, and brilliant iridescence on interior. Translucent blue bottle with opaque, bluish handles.

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