Terracotta stemmed dish

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The shape of this vase is exceedingly unusual. The stem and foot recall those of black-figure drinking cups of the late sixth century--cups type A with a fillet at the junction of stem and foot. The underside of the foot here is, however, quite unarticulated. The profile of the cup vaguely resembles that of some metal funnels. The object is of a piece, and difficult to attribute.

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