Glass goblet

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale green. Rounded, uneven vertical rim, slightly everted and thickened; side of body straight but tapering downwards, then curving in sharply at base; globular, hollow stem; hollow conical foot, with tubular edge made by folding and small pontil mark at center. Intact; pinprick and few larger bubbles, and blowing striations; severe pitting on most of surfaces, slight brownish weathering, and faint iridescence. The painted decoration is not ancient.

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