Glass monochrome inlay fragment

Glass monochrome inlay fragment

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Semi translucent turquoise blue. Fragment of thick, flat block, with parts of two original sides and beveled corner; rounded edge to underside along one side. Many large chips on edges of underside; polished upper surface; some pitting of surface bubbles on upper surface; dulling and iridescent creamy weathering on underside and original sides. Probably used as wall revetment or floor tile. Semi translucent turquoise blue.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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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.