ID: 700006653 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006653	Record Type: Movable Work
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Lion Rhyton (rhyton; Unknown Parthian (Parthian Artist); 1st century BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 86.AM.754.1)

Note: Parcel-gilt, slender rhyton with forepart (protome) of a male lion. The animal and horn of the vessel are worked in separate parts, joined with a rounded cuff. Stone inlays have been placed in the otherwise gilded eyes with "Laokoon brows". Mane, ears, and veins on the front paws are gilded. An eight-petaled calyx of Seleucid acanthus and lanceolate leaves cover the lower part of the lion behind the cuff. Flowers with stone inlays on curved stalks are interpassed between the tips of the leaves. The acanthus, the central ribs of the lanceolate foliage, and the flowers with their stalks are gilded. A beaded line marks the upper edge of the floral decoration. Below the overhanging lip of the horn runs a gilded ivy garland composed of overlapping trefoil groups. Right above lion, six stones from the central motif of the garland, fastened at back with a taenia. The knot is elaborately decorated with semiprecious stones. Right below the lip a narrow frieze of "Achaemenic stepped battlements", pointing to a Near Eastern workshop.

Titles:

Lion Rhyton (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)

Rhyton (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

rhyton [300198841] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by function or context>, culinary containers, <containers for serving and consuming food>, <vessels for serving and consuming food>, drinking vessels)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 1st century BCE

Creator Display:

Unknown Parthian (Parthian Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Parthian (Parthian cultural designation) [500204034]

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: 86.AM.754.1

Other: Creation: Parthia [6004562] Iran (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Gilt silver, stone, and garnets

	garnet (mineral) [300011097]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, mineral)

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

	gilding (technique) [300053789]
	.......(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <additive and joining processes and techniques>, <surface covering processes and techniques>, metallizing)

	silver gilding [300380110]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by form>, plate (material), <plate by material>)

Dimensions: Object (mounted): H: 30.5 x L: 18.5 x Diam. (rim): 35.5 cm (12 x 7 5/16 x 14 in.)

Cultures:

Parthian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Hellenistic [300020101] (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:

ceremonial objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:

	lion (species) [300310388]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family), Panthera (genus)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works

Sources and Contributors:
Lion Rhyton	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Rhyton	........ [JPGM,VP]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]

Note:
English	..... [JPGM]
	..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)