Glass ornament

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue. Thin, vertical rectangular panel; flat back; tapering edges at sides; horizontal bar at top and bottom, both pierced lengthwise with a small horizontal hole. Molded decoration on front: fine vertical ribs on top and bottom bars; in central panel, design comprising four ear-shaped motifs (stylized ivy leaf) in two rows with a line of dots across the middle. Intact; but tiny chips in edges; severe weathering, pitting, and iridescence. The following text is from the gallery group label. This object is displayed in the gallery along with 23.160.49:

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