Ribbed mosaic glass bowl with base ring

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent golden brown, blue, and opaque white. Outsplayed horizontal rim, with thick, rounded edge; convex curving side, tapering downwards to convex bottom within outsplayed base ring with pointed outer edge; a deep tooled circle around edge of bottom within base ring. Ribbon mosaic pattern formed from rectangular lengths, applied in a spiral, of a single cane in a golden-brown ground with parallel lines in white or in white and blue stripes, the pattern appearing different on the interior and outer surfaces. Broken and repaired, with large holes in side, and part of base ring missing; pitting, slight dulling, and thick creamy iridescent weathering. Cast deep ribbed bowl with base ring.

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