Glass pendant shaped like a jug

Glass pendant shaped like a jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent deep green, appearing black, with handle and base in same color; trail in opaque pale yellow. Body tapering downward; wide mouth; thick rounded rim and cylindrical neck; flat pad base applied to bottom; rod handle applied over trail to body, drawn up, then turned in, and attached to rim, with splayed ends. On neck, spiral ribbing; on body, irregular zigzag trail in relief. Intact except for chip in side of body; dulling, pitting, and slight iridescent weathering. Green vase pendant with one handle; yellow opaque glass thread.

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.