Glass hexagonal bottle

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Streaky opaque greyish light blue, some streaks appearing white and dark greenish yellow. Everted rim, rounded in the flame; slender neck expanding downwards; convex sloping shoulder, cylindrical body with projecting horizontal band below six panels and above undercurve; uneven bottom. Decoration in blurred relief in three registers: on shoulder, six rounded arches; on body, six rectangular panels, divided by columns or vertical beams with diagonal supports branching out near the top, forming a triangular pediment above each panel; each panel contains a bird in a different pose perched on or flying over a globular nest or rock; below, continuous band of twenty-six radiating upturned tongues in raised outline; on bottom, raised broad circle around edge and dot at center. Intact, except for small chip in rim and small weathered hole in top of body; deep pitting, dulling, and small patches of 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