ID: 700007805 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007805	Record Type: Movable Work

Flask atop a Donkey (flask (bottle); Unknown Byzantine (Byzantine Artist); 6th - 8th century; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 2003.467)

Note: Free-blown aryballos-shaped flask of translucent blue-green glass. The vessel rests inside a cage atop the back of a free-formed donkey of the same glass. The cage is arranged as a lattice of connected threads in zig-zag shapes and a horizontal thread that forms a ring around the base of the vessel. The donkey is fused to the vessel, supporting it with four spread out legs. The ears extend to meet with the cage. Part of the tail has been broken. The neck and head are flattened and two-dimensional. Heavy weathering gives the entire ensemble a brown and white coloring.

Titles:

Flask atop a Donkey (preferred,C,U,English-P,U,U)

Pale Green Flask on the Back of a Donkey (C,U,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

flask (bottle) [300045671] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), bottles, <bottles by form>)

Classifications:

vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 6th - 8th century

Creator Display:

Unknown Byzantine (Byzantine Artist) [preferred,JPGM]

unknown Byzantine (Byzantine cultural designation) [500125223]

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: 2003.467

Other: Creation: Eastern Mediterranean [7593196] World (facet) (Geographic)

Display Materials: Glass

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

Dimensions: Object: H: 10 x Diam.: 11 cm (3 15/16 x 4 5/16 in.)

Cultures:

Byzantine (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

animals

Specific Subjects:

	donkey [300265959]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus), Equus asinus (species)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Movable Works

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

Sources and Contributors:
Flask atop a Donkey	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Pale Green Flask on the Back of a Donkey	........ [JPGM]
	........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)

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

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