Glass mosaic dish

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent purple, colorless, opaque white, opaque red, and opaque yellow; base ring in uncertain color. Horizontal rim with rounded edge; carinated, shallow side, with two convex curves; flat bottom; low applied base ring, formed from a single round trail. Composite mosaic pattern formed from polygonal sections of two similar canes: one in a purple ground outlined in white, each with a red circle surrounded a cluster of yellow rods, the other in a purple ground outlined in white, each with a red circle surrounded a cluster of white rods. On interior, central relief knob and small raised circle. Intact; half of interior covered with dulling and iridescent weathering; all of exterior covered with briiliant iridescence; limy encrustation around rim.

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