Glass hexagonal jug
An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art
Translucent pale blue green, with same color handle. Outsplayed rim folded outward, over, and inward; broad, funnel-shaped mouth, joining imperceptibly with cylindrical neck, expanding slightly downwards; convex curving shoulder; cylindrical body, tapering downwards; slightly pushed-in bottom, with central pontil scar; rod handle, applied in a pad to outer edge of shoulder, drawn up and outwards, slightly bent sideways, then tooled in and trailed onto underside of mouth and rim, ending slightly above top of rim. On body, six elongated rectangular panels, flanked with prominent vertical ribbed edges and decorated with different impressed patterns: three panels contain similar tall stylized palm frond with leaves to either side of central stem; a fourth panel has a shorter palm frond or leaf with rounded top edge and dots above; the fifth panel has two vertical lozenges that form a relief cross at the center; and the sixth panel has a bust of a man, facing front, with ears, eyes, nose, and mouth, and a row of dots below chest; on bottom, an indistinct petalled rosette. Body and neck complete, but broken and repaired at top and bottom of handle, with one section of rim and mouth missing; some bubbles, elongated in neck; dulling, small patches of soil encrustation, some creamy brown weathering, and iridescence.
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.