Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent yellow green; handles and trails in same color. Everted tubular rim, folded over and in; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; large, jagged pontil pad on very thick bottom; two ring handles attached to lower body in large, rounded pads, drawn vertically up sides in uneven loops, then turned up, out, and down, forming loops above rim, and pressed onto top edge of rim. Single fine trail applied as a pad and wound in a spiral nine times around middle of body; two other thick trails, resembling the handles, attached to lower body over join of tubes in large, rounded pads, drawn vertically up sides, one in prominent loops, the other as a slightly sinuous rod, then turned in and pressed onto top of rim. Body intact, but tops of handles chipped, and one missing part of loop; some pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, creamy 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.

Metropolitan Museum of Art