Glass pendant shaped like a jug

Glass pendant shaped like a jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue; handle in translucent light blue; chips in opaque green, yellow, light blue, and white. Thick, rounded rim; narrow concave neck; squat, globular body; slightly convex bottom; loop handle applied to top of body, neck, and underside of rim. Chips applied randomly to body and marvered. Body intact, but lower half of handle missing; dulling, pitting, and weathering.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.