Glass jug with trefoil rim

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent green, with same color handle and trail. Trefoil rim with thick folded lip; broad flaring mouth; cylindrical neck expanding downwards; curving shoulder with large overhanging rounded collar below; straight side tapering downwards; thick base with pushed-in bottom; central pontil scar; thick rod handle applied to shoulder, drawn up and out, then pinched into fold with loop above, and trailed on to back and underside of rim. On neck (now detached), single fine trail wound round three or four times in a spiral. On collar and body, close-set spiral ribs descending from left to right; on body only, narrow vertical ribs creating a slanting notched pattern. Intact, except for part of trail around neck, and with small crack in back of rim and mouth; blowing striations, some pinprick bubbles, and black impurities in handle; slight dulling and pitting, with faint iridescence on exterior, patches of creamy brown weathering and iridescence on interior. Similar to X.21.213 but with a more elaborate rim and handle.

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