Glass pendant in the form of a demonic mask

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Uncertain color, appearing black, with additions in same color and opaque white. Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom; horizontal rounded edge at back, pointed front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head. Applied stratified eyes, ears decorated above and below by earrings, and nose; large downturned mouth, pointed beard or chin, and blob on forehead. Intact, but missing proper left earrings and blob in forehead; pitting, dulling, and some weathering, with thick reddish brown encrustation in rod hole. Black opaque mask with white decoration; handle at top.

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