Glass bottle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green. Rounded, slightly thickened rim; flaring mouth; cylindrical neck with broad horizontal indent around base; below this, shoulder expands out and slopes downwards, then pinched into four wavy arms, forming five small openings, one at the center and four at edges, separated by diaphragms; globular body; concave bottom. Complete, apart from cracks in one side of body and one small hole; many bubbles; dulling, limy encrustation, and faint iridescence. Vessels of this type with constrictions to the base of the neck are known as ‘kuttrolf’ bottles. Similar bottles were produced in medieval and later times.

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