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ID: 700006574
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006574
Record Type: Movable Work
Gnathian Bell Krater (bell krater; Attributed to Konnakis Painter (Greek (Gnathia), active abou...; about 360 - 350 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 82.AE.15)
Note: Black body with tendril of ivy leaves and grape clusters in added white. A: figure of an old man wearing a cloak standing in a rocky landscape. His wrists are bound. Below him to left is a crow. The scene is a parody of Prometheus bound to a rock having his liver eaten by an eagle.
Titles:
Gnathian Bell Krater (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Mixing Vessel with a Comic Figure of Prometheus (C,U,English,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
bell krater [300198857] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), kraters)

Classifications:
vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: about 360 - 350 BCE

Creator Display:
Attributed to Konnakis Painter (Greek (Gnathia), active about 375 - 350 B.C.) (Greek (Gnathia) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Konnakis Painter (Greek vase painter, active ca. 375-350 BCE in Apulia) [500054528]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500125181] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 82.AE.15
Other: Creation: Egnazia [7008311] Brindisi province (province), Apulia (region (administrative division)), Italy (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Terracotta
terracotta (clay material) [300010669]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, clay, <clay by product>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 35 x W: 39.5 x Diam. (foot): 7.1 cm (13 3/4 x 15 9/16 x 2 13/16 in.)
Cultures:
Ancient Greek (preferred)
(preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:
Classical [300020093] (preferred,style)
.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Early Western World, Mediterranean (Early Western World), Aegean, Aegean periods, Ancient Greek (culture or style))

General Subject:
satire (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Prometheus [901000734]
.....((Greek characters, Greek iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
eagles (birds) [300250049]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Falconiformes (order), Accipitridae (family)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
Gnathian Bell Krater........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Mixing Vessel with a Comic Figure of Prometheus........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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