Glass beaker signed by Jason

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green. Outsplayed knocked-off rim with indent below; body with convex sides, tapering downwards; thick flat bottom, recessed within rounded edge. Three-part mold with two vertical sections joined to cup-shaped bottom section, forming decoration in relief on sides and bottom; two horizontal ridges above central frieze containing two Greek inscriptions, each in two lines and divided vertically by a stylized palm frond; below frieze, three more horizontal ridges; near bottom on cup section of mold, two more horizontal ridges; on bottom, raised circle surrounding central depression with small boss. Intact except for one chip in rim; blowing striations and many pinprick bubbles; dulling, pitting, and brilliant iridescent weathering on exterior, and creamy brown weathering and soil encrustation on interior. The inscriptions read "Jason made (me/it)" on one side and "May the buyer be remembered" on the other. Probably made in the same mold as the other Jason beaker displayed here (59.11.3).

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.

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