Glass double cosmetic flask (kohl tube)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent pale blue green; handles and trail in same color. Rim folded slightly in and pressed flat on top; body comprising two tubes, side by side, made from a single inflated gather by pinching sides vertically to make diaphragm; pontil mark on thick bottom; two handles attached to side of body over top of trail in elongated pads, drawn up, out, and inward, forming rings, each with a tall, outward projection above. Single fine trail applied as a pad on lower body, drawn up and wound in a spiral seven and a half times around body, ending under one handle. Complete, except for two chips in rim, ends of projections to handles, and internal cracks in upper body and bottom; pinprick bubbles, some black impurities in handle, and blowing striations; dulling, pitting, and iridescent weathering.

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