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] (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-)