The Getty Research Institute
Research Home Tools Cutural Objects Names Authority Full Record Display
Cultural Objects Names Authority  Cultural Objects Names Authority® Full Record Display
New Search Previous Page Help
ID: 700006912
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006912
Record Type: Movable Work
One Skyphos (skyphos; Unknown Greek (Hellenistic) (Greek (Hellenistic) Artist); 100 - 50 BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 96.AM.162.8)
Note: One of a pair of skyphoi. The body is plain, with the profile slightly incurving. The handles are designed to be held with the thumb, middle finger, and forefinger, and consist of a horizontal flaring plate on top with tight curlicues at the rim attachment. The lower attachment has elaborate cutout designs featuring scrollwork and an ivy leaf. The rings have small, leaflike knobs on the outer face. Location Creation: Eastern Mediterranean.
Titles:
One Skyphos (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
One Skyphoi (C,U,English,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
skyphos [300265001] (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: 100 - 50 BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Greek (Hellenistic) (Greek (Hellenistic) Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
unknown Hellenistic (Hellenistic cultural designation) [500125239]
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: 96.AM.162.8
Credit Line: Gift of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman
Other: Creation: Mediterranean Region [7018452] Turkey (nation), Asia (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)
Display Materials: Silver
silver (metal) [300011029]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, nonferrous metal, <silver| silver compounds| alloys>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 8.8 x W (with handles): 20.2 cm, Weight: 0.573 kg (3 7/16 x 7 15/16 in., 1.2632 lb.); Object (bowl): Diam.: 11 cm (4 5/16 in.); Object (foot): Diam.: 9.4 cm (3 11/16 in.)
Cultures:
Hellenistic (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:
utilitarian objects (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
scrollwork [300010205]
.....(Physical Attributes Facet, Design Elements (hierarchy name), design elements (attributes), patterns (design elements), <patterns by specific type>) (AAT)
ivy (genus) [300311375]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Plantae (kingdom), Angiospermae (division), Eudicots (clade), Asterids (clade), Apiales (order), Araliaceae (family)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
One Skyphos........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
One Skyphoi........ [JPGM]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
New Search

Back to Top
The J. Paul Getty Trust
The J. Paul Getty Trust