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ID: 700006508
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700006508
Record Type: Movable Work
Head Vase (Satyr) (head-vase; Unknown Roman (Roman Artist); 2nd - 1st century BCE; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa (Malibu, Los Angeles...; 73.AE.149)
Note: A vessel in the shape of a bust of a satyr in yellow-orange clay, covered in red glaze. The smiling satyr has curly hair and a long, curly beard. He tilts his head to the right toward his shoulder and draws his eyebrows down over his eyes creating a furrowed brow. The hair is arranged in a curl wave pattern from a central part. The back of the vessel is only summarily modeled and there are pairs of incised lines decorating the base and the neck.
Titles:
Head Vase (Satyr) (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,,)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
head-vase [300264979] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers))
plastic vase (ancient vessel) [300198865]
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Containers (hierarchy name), containers (receptacles), <containers by form>, vessels (containers), vases)

Classifications:
vessels / containers (preferred)

Creation Date: 2nd - 1st century BCE

Creator Display:
Unknown Roman (Roman Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
sculptor unknown Ancient Roman (Ancient Roman cultural designation) [500202843]
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: 73.AE.149
Other: Creation: Asia Minor [7002294] Turkey (nation), Asia (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>)
glaze (coating by location) [300015091]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by location or context>)

Dimensions: Object: H: 20.5 cm (8 1/16 in.)
Cultures:
Ancient Roman (preferred)
Roman

General Subject:
religion and mythology (preferred)
human figures
utilitarian objects

Specific Subjects:
satyr [300379732]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), legendary beings) (AAT)

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