Glass polygonal jug

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Translucent blue green; handle in same color. Rim folded out, down, round, and in, then pressed flat on top of slanting mouth; cylindrical neck, expanding at base to sloping shoulder; polygonal body with vertical sides; slightly concave bottom with uneven surface; strap handle, tooled into three ribs, attached to shoulder with three downward claws, drawn up, turned in, and trailed onto top of neck and underside of rim, ending just on outer edge of the upper surface. Body shaped by mold into twelve vertical, slightly concave panels with rounded tops. Intact; pinprick bubbles and blowing striations; small areas of dulling 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