Glass pendant in the form of a jug

Glass pendant in the form of a jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Uncertain color, appearing opaque black; handle in same color; trails in opaque turquoise blue. Biconical body; thick rounded rim; slender cylindrical neck; pad base; handle applied to rim, drawn out and down, and attached to body. On body, double zigzag trails; single trail wound around neck. Body intact, but lower half of handle missing; dulling, pitting, and slight iridescent 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.