Glass pendant in the form of a ram's head

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Opaque white, with additions in opaque yellow and translucent blue; suspension loop in opaque white. Shaped like the head of a ram; irregular suspension loop applied to back; rod hole underneath. Applied eyes as blue knobs applied over yellow circles, horns on top of head, nostrils and mouth in yellow. Intact except for horns and small chips on both sides of face, and most of yellow applied to nostrils and mouth missing; dulling, pitting and iridescent weathering, with thick black weathering inside rod hole.

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